U.S.News & World Report named BRIAN KELLY as editor. Kelly, the magazine’s executive editor since 2003, will succeed BRIAN DUFFY, who resigned last month to pursue writing projects.

MARK JOSEPHSON has been named president of Seevast, overseeing all of the company’s sales, business development, marketing and client services efforts. In addition, JAAN JANES has been appointed senior vice president of business development for Pulse 360 Inc.

Discovery Communications has named ANGELA SHAPIRO-MATHES president and general manager, TLC. Shapiro-Mathes is currently president of Fox Television Studios, responsible for the company’s scripted, alternative, digital media and international divisions.

G2 Direct & Digital appointed CHRISTOPHER ABELT to lead its Financial Service Practice Group.

CORY GADDIS joined WhitePages.com as an account manager in the East Coast sales office. Previously, Gaddis was an account manger at 121Media.

Advertising Age named JACKIE GHEDINE as national sales manager. Creativity promoted ADAM GOLD to general manger, up from advertising director.

Precision Prospects hired GLENN PAGAN as vice president of business development. Most recently, Pagan was CEO of Ascent Marketing.

JIM CHILDS, book publisher of The Taunton Press, will resign at the end of the month to take on a new assignment at Southern Progress, a division of Time Warner.

OLSON named KARL WOLF as an associate creative director/art director. He joins the agency from Target Corporation, where he served as senior art director.

Zig named MIKE SHARMA to oversee its digital practice for all North American operations, including Toronto and Chicago, just three months after hiring him.