GLEN CARUSO joined TACODA as director of southeast advertising sales in Atlanta and CARY GOSS was named director of Midwest advertising sales in Chicago.

BRIAN STEEL, former president of Yahoo!'s international search marketing, was named chief executive officer of Podbridge. Additionally, JEFF KARNES was named vice president of marketing & products.

Topix hired MICHAEL LINTON as vice president of sales. Linton joins the company from Technorati, where he served as director of sales.

RICHARD BENNINGTON joined Digitas, Chicago as general manager. Bennington joined the agency from Ignition Advertising, where as president and chief executive officer he led daily operations for the startup agency.

OLIVIA DUPUIS was named director, corporate communications for Rainbow Media. Previously, Dupuis was an account director at Goodman Media International, where she planned and executed communication campaigns for television and media clients.

Deutsch New York promoted CECELIA BLOCK from associate director of benefits and training to vice president, associate director of benefits and training.

TODD STANLEY joined Digitas as senior vice president, marketing. Stanley joins the agency after 10 years at Lowe Worldwide, where he was most recently president of the Toronto office.

Captivate Network named HUGH FLANIGAN as creative director and SARAH NASTASI as research director.

MIKE JONES was promoted to director of business & audience development for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network. JAMES BUTCHART was elevated to senior account manager for the WSJ Digital Network, and TRENT HUFFMAN joined WSJ Digital Network as director of sales development.

JEFF GRIFFING was named group publisher of Transworld Media.