Sam Linsky was promoted to senior vice president, current programming, TNT and TBS. Linsky most recently served as vice president of current programming for TNT.

NetShelter Technology Media named Michele Sweeney as chief sales and marketing officer. Sweeney joins the company from Nimblefish Technologies, where she was executive vice president of marketing solutions.

Cheil Worldwide named Jason Zhao as COO and executive creative director for its Cheil Worldwide China network. Zhao most recently served as executive creative partner for Publicis China Beijing.

Euro RSCG Discovery hired Bruce Wilkinson as senior vice president, sales. Most recently, Wilkinson was vice president and business development leader at Experian.

The VIA Group hired Greg Davis as its chief growth officer. He joins the agency from The Kaplan Thaler Group, where he served as managing director, business development.

Kinetic elevated Steve Ridley to the role of global chief operating officer, up from chief executive officer for the Americas. David Payne, currently chief executive of Kinetic EMEA, will transfer to the United States to become chief executive for the Americas.

Former Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz joined Peer39's advisory board.

John Anagnost was named global director of search marketing services at Neo@Ogilvy.

LinkedIn hired James Burnette as an advertising sales account executive in its New York office and Kim Kochaver as director of advertising trade marketing.

Zimmerman Advertising hired Allen Peachell as a senior copywriter; Jonathan Barth as web designer; Shawn Renshaw as a senior media buyer; Wendy Livengood as regional account supervisor; and Karin Bronner as digital project manager.