BRIAN O’SHEA, formerly at Deutsch Los Angeles, has joined Texture Media and Crispin Porter + Bogusky as an account director in their Boulder, Colorado offices.

MARCY BLOOM was promoted to associate publisher of GQ magazine, up from advertising director.

Ellis Entertainment has appointed SONIA ORMAECHEA as sales director responsible for territories including The Americas and Australasia. Ormaechea most recently served as head of sales and acquisitions at Parapiti Entertainment.

GEERT LINNEBANK, editor-in-chief of Reuters, will be moving to a new and broadened role in January 2007. DAVID SCHLESINGER, global managing editor and Linnebank’s deputy, will succeed him.

VNU Business Media has named JOE FLYNN vice president, sports and DAVID KORSE vice president/general manager, merchandise.

Concrete Pictures has named KEVIN LAHR as producer. Lahr will be responsible for managing new projects and maintaining client relationships.

ROB ABEYTA, JR. joined 72andSunny as art director. Previously, Abeyta was an art director at Nike, where he supervised the design of six seasons of footwear and apparel for a new streetwear line introduced in 2006.

LISA KETTMAN-KERVINEN joined Worldwide Partners as director of European operations.

The VIA Group promoted MATT CARTER and CHRISTINE MALIK from account supervisors to client strategists. ERIN CUNNINGHAM was hired as an account manager. Prior to joining VIA, Cunningham was a retail business planner at Cole Haan.

RDW Group hired PETER MARINO as director of research.