Meredith Corp: Faith Gingold has been named associate publisher of sales for Ladies’ Home Journal, reporting to Publisher Diane D. Malloy. Most recently, she was eastern advertising director of Southern Living and Southernliving.com. She also served in that role for Health and Health.com.

Undertone: Joe Del Toro has joined the interactive marketing company as CFO. He previously was trading card company Topps’ CFO. Wayne Gattinella, former WebMD CEO, also joins as a board director.

NewPoint Media Group: David Vining joins as VP of digital media. He comes to NewPoint from AIMCO, where he was VP of marketing.

DKC: The company expands its Southern California operation as it has appointed Melissa Gotto as VP to lead the Los Angeles office. She previously was VP of entertainment content at Bender|Helper Impact (B/HI) and oversaw the social media department.

Kenshoo Social: The company welcomes three new hires: Todd Herrold as senior director of product marketing, Paul Kogan as director of East Coast sales and Brian Quinn as director of West Coast sales. Herrold was formerly Kenshoo Local’s director of product, strategy and management. Kogan joins the company from Merchantry, where he was SVP of business development. Quinn was formerly head of business development for Experian Techlightment.

Digitas: Matt Jacobs, formerly of McCann Worldgroup, will now lead strategy for the new Digitas San Francisco office. Most recently, Jacobs was founder and principal of sales and marketing consulting firm Telegraphe Partners.

Digitas also hired Doug Speidel as SVP of creative, and Fritz Desir in the new role of VP/group director, head of experience design for the New York office. Both will report to Matthew D’Ercole, EVP/executive creative director.

Immediate Media: The company has appointed Tony Macklin director of product development and strategy, reporting to CEO Tom Bureau. With over 20 years in senior product and marketing roles, Macklin comes from Ancestry.com where he was VP of product. Prior to that, he held brand management roles at Proctor & Gamble.

[x + 1]: Peter Moritz has been named SVP of sales for the enterprise data management platform provider. He had previously been running his own marketing strategy consulting firm, PWM Associates.

Movieclips: The YouTube content network has signed on Chip Russo as global head of sales and Brian Aucoin as VP of branded entertainment and packaging. Russo comes from Collective, where he was SVP of video, while Aucoin previously worked with 4D as VP of client partnerships.

TruEffect: The online ads company has expanded its software development team. Based in the Colorado headquarters and reporting to Robert Rust, VP of engineering, the new hires are: Gabe Nydick, senior software architect; Glynne Casteel, senior software architect; Eric Eide, software developer; Ashish Rangole, software architect.

PulsePoint: Monica Seebohm has signed on as VP of western sales. A 12-year digital media veteran, Seebohm was most recently regional director of west sales for AudienceScience.

Operative: Thomas Bianco has been hired as the company’s new CRO, leading business development and sales. He comes from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he most recently was managing director.

MXM: Meredith Corp customer engagement agency has promoted Jack Mcleod to SVP/GM for MXM’s social practice from interim GM. He’ll continue to be based in the company’s Arlington, Virginia offices and will lead the social practice team. Prior to serving as interim GM, Macleod was VP of sales. Earlier in his career, he led sales at Klipmart which was eventually acquired by DoubleClick.

TruEffect: The advertising tech company has appointed 14-year marketing veteran Theresa DeGroote director of media strategy & planning. She previously worked with McAfee, Phlare and MatchLogic.

Yahoo: Hillary Frey is now editor-in-chief of Yahoo News and Aaron Task is editor-in-chief of Yahoo Finance. Frey will work closely with media partner ABC News and Task will remain host of “The Daily Ticker”. Frey had joined Yahoo News as managing editor in 2001, having held the same title at Adweek. Prior to joining Yahoo in 2008, Task was editor-at-large at TheStreet.com.

Afterward, Grimshaw spoke to Andrews in a separate Q&A about the end of print, HTML5, Windows 8 and social sharing.

Watch the full video of the session, embedded below:

Yahoo: Three new executive hires for its global media business and consumer marketing efforts: Rich Cusick joins the company as VP of entertainment and women’s lifestyles. John Buchanan, formerly VP of global marketing at Electronic Arts, will lead the consumer marketing team across the globe. Scott Bushman returns to lead the media network for Canada, Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market.

Most recently, Cusick was interim GM of Chemistry.com and GM of Swirl by Daily Candy. Bushman was SVP of digital at Waaerman Media Group and VP of business development, content and programming at Metacafe.

Everyday Health: Ju-Don Roberts has been promoted to GM and SVP. In her new role, she will oversee online, mobile, social, video and product strategies for EverydayHealth.com. She joined the company in July 2011 as VP and editor-in-chief of news and audience development. Previously, she was SVP and executive editor of News Corp.’s Beliefnet.

Blip: Doug Ferguson joins as head of product and creative and Mahalo President Jason Rapp joins the board of directors. Ferguson previously served as General Manager of Digital for Adweek and will now report to Blip CEO Kelly Day. Rapp, who was an early adviser to Blip, previously ran an advisory business for start-ups.

Canaan Partners: Former Chairman and CEO of Shopping.com Dan Ciporin has been named general partner. He joined the venture capital firm in 2007 as a venture partner and has since led investments in Lending Club, OpenSky and Gemvara.

NDN: Kevin Gentzel joins the online video platform as chief revenue officer. Gentzel comes from over 13 years at Forbes Media where, as CRO, he led global sales and marketing initiatives.

Krossover: App developer Dalmo Fellows Cirne joins Krossover as director of mobile. He previously worked with ESPN and Starwood Hotels. Earlier this year, Krossover announced it raised a $3.5 million angel round in 2011. It also launched a lacrosse vertical.

BlueKai: Cory Treffiletti has been named the company’s first SVP for marketing. Most recently before BlueKai, Treffiletti was president for Catalyst S+F, a strategic marketing consultancy.

SocialVibe:

eBay: Vladimir Dolgov, a former Google manager and once CEO of Russian online retailer Ozon, will lead eBay’ss Russian market.

AdColony: Former Apple and Plasmaworks executives join the team: Mike Owen is now CRO, Ty Heath is CTO and Abe Pralle is VP of technology. Owen previously led national brand sales for Apple’s iAd division. Heath and Pralle both played founding partner roles at Plasmaworks.

Ingram Content Group: Shawn Morin has been promoted to COO, reporting to John R. Ingram, chairman and CEO. Having joined the company in 2009, Morin had been serving as chief information officer. Prior to this, he was CIO and VP of information technology at Bass Pro Shops.

Meredith Xcelerated Marketing: Georgine Anton has rejoined the Meredith Corp-owned marketing agency as SVP and chief client officer, reporting to David Brown, EVP, MXM. She comes from Atlantic Media Co. where she was SVP.

“You have unbelievably scaled b2c platforms like Facebook, Google etc. And unless you want them to tell you exactly what your business is worth, you have to have your own direct connection with consumers.”

Miller talked about Hulu, the company’s digital tabloid The Daily, News Corp. in China and more during a Q&A with paidContent Editor Staci D. Kramer at our recent paidContent 2012 conference.

Miller, former CEO of AOL, also had some thoughts about the future of his friend and former business partner Ross Levinsohn as interim CEO of Yahoo — and what it will take for the companies to survive. Full video
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The latest hires in the digital media and tech industry…

Custom Content Council: Dow Jones Content Lab President Andrew Seibert has been elected chairman. He replaces Meredith Xcelerated Marketing’s CMO, Keith Sedlak, who has led the organization since 2010. Joining Seibert on the Custom Content Council board are five returning board members and three newcomers. The newcomers are: Heather Brehm, VP of Business Development, EnVeritas Group; John E. Cimba, President & CEO, GLC Custom Media; and Jacqueline H. Ponzoni, SVP of Custom Content, Pace Communications. The returning members are: Joseph Barbieri, Founder, Bespoke Advisors; Kristen Bohn, Director, D Custom; Philip De Jong, President, Journey Group; Fred Petrovsky, President, Content Marketing at McMurry; Keith Sedlak, Chief Marketing Officer, Meredith Xcelerated Marketing.

Financial Times: Christina Scott has been appointed chief information officer, responsible for technology across the FT Group. Earlier in her career, she was responsible for BBC’s digital platforms, and had served as a consultant at Accenture.

7digital: Making moves to expand its North American operations, 7digital has made several key hires: Jon DeMond-Axelrod, formerly of eMusic, is taking the role of business development director for lifestyle brands and music media; Matt Jwayad, formerly of Apple, Pandora and Sprint, has been named business development director for consumer electronics and carriers; and Kyle Pierce, formerly of IODA Distribution, is joining as project / account manager.  Anna Siegel has relocated from London to establish the company’s New York presence. Lisa Tiver, formerly of RightsFlow, has sign on as a consultant. 7digital-North America will have offices on both coasts in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.

News Limited: After eight years with Rupert Murdoch’s Australian media outfit, Sigrid Kirk has resigned from her post as digital chief product officer. Stuart Spiteri, who was recently hired from Google to be chief operating officer of News digital media, will take her place in the interim.

“If you buy a digital book you should be able to read it on anything you want to read it on.”

Learn more from the full Q&A embedded below:

Huffington Post Media Group: AOL’s Janet Balis has been appointed publisher of the Huffington Post Media Group, and Moritz Loew has been named head of sales specialist and SVP. Balis, who was once EVP of media sales and marketing at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, was most recently SVP and head of sales strategy, marketing and partnerships at AOL. In this new role, Balis will oversee development of partnerships and strategies for HPMG.

Loew previously worked with MSNBC, where he was chief agency officer and GM of sales for MSNBC Interactive.

The Atlantic: Hayley Romer is now associate publisher, where she’ll work closely with VP and Publisher Jay Lauf and oversee the sales team. Prior to this, Romer worked with Condé Nast Media Group, where she most recently served as executive director of corporate sales.

Everyday Health: Two promotions and three new VPs: Scott Wolf is now chief sales officer and Laura Klein steps up as EVP of sales. Tracy Chapman, Orlando Reece and Andy Jacobson join as VPs of consumer insights, broadcast and digital video sales, and sales, respectively. Wolf joined the company in 2005 to help launch EverydayHealth.com, and has been promoted from EVP of sales. Klein, who joined in 2007, has been promoted from SVP of sales.

Electus: Eli Shibley has been promoted to VP of international media and formats from executive director of the division. Electus also has two new hires: Cyrus Farrokh as executive director of international distribution and production, and Diego Piasek as director of international distribution and production. All three will report to John Pollak, President of Electus International. Farrokh and Piasek come from Shine International, where they served as director of sales and sales executive-Latin America, respectively.

PostRelease: George Carney is now SVP of sales. He most recently was GM/VP of advertising sales and operation at RealNetworks.