Thornberg & Forester hired Javier Gonzalez as head of production.

Michael Safran has been named associate publisher, sales for TIME. He joins the magazine from Sports Illustrated where he was most recently national sales director.

Undertone promoted Chris Principe to performance director and hired Melinda Theo as director of inventory management.

Specific Media promoted John Chung to vice president of sales for the Great Lakes region.

Toni Lorusso has been named director, ad sales marketing for Hallmark Channels. Prior to joining Hallmark Channels, Lorusso served as the integrated marketing & partnerships manager for Discovery Communications.

Carlos Alegria has been named senior vice president of corporate planning and development for DG.

TruTV promoted Robyn Hutt to senior vice president of original programming and Anthony Horn to senior vice president of current series and specials.

Sam Chadha joined MediaVest USA as executive vice president, managing director. Most recently he served as senior director of marketing innovation at KFC where he led sales marketing and innovation strategies, product consumer insights, and executed national programs.

LTU technologies named Nick De Toustain sales manager for its New York office. De Toustain formerly worked for Thought Equity Motion.

Turner Entertainment Networks promoted Jeff Gregor to executive vice president and chief marketing officer of TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies and general manager of TCM.