Industry Moves: NBCU; StockTwits; Zynga; Initiative; Tagged
– *NBC* Universal: Valari Dobson Staab has been appointed president of NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Local Media, a move that promotes John Wallace to… Read more »
Industry Moves: TagMan; Engadget; Resonate; Magnetic; Digitas
– TagMan: Angus Glover Wilson has been promoted to the new position of chief privacy officer. He’ll help advertisers adhere to new online m… Read more »
Industry Moves: AppNexus, Jumptap; Financial Times, Future US
– AppNexus: Nielsen’s audience head Ari Paparo is joining real-time ad platform AppNexus as product SVP.
– Jumptap: Regina Sebring has s… Read more »
Industry Moves: Digital River; Ubermind; Miramax; Visible Measures
– Digital River: The e-commerce solutions provider has a new president, Tom Donnelly. He first joined as treasurer and VP of finance and wa… Read more »
Industry Moves: My Damn Channel; Access 360; Kaboodle; Viacom
– My Damn Channel: Matt Kaplan started his new gig this week as My Damn Channel’s chief revenue officer, reporting to Founder/CEO Rob Barne… Read more »
Industry Moves: Northcliffe MD; Trinity Mirror, eYeka, RadiumOne, Openreach
– Northcliffe: The regional publisher’s MD Michael Pelosi is retiring, his role taken by Metro MD Steve Auckland, who is succeeded by A&N M… Read more »
Industry Moves: BuzzLogic; TooFab; Buysight; Sharethrough; eYeka
– BuzzLogic: Dave Hills is now CEO of the media index and analytics platform. Most recently, he was a general partner at KPG Ventures. Earl… Read more »
Industry Moves: LivingSocial; Knight Foundation; Kaboodle; Rubicon
– LivingSocial: Mitch Spolan has been appointed SVP of national sales to lead development of national accounts and expand the team to work… Read more »
Industry Moves: Indaba; Net Element; Jumptap; Vimeo; Complex; Global Comms.
– Indaba Music: Music industry vet J.J. Rosen as joined the online music portal as CEO. Previously, Rosen was EVP of Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music… Read more »
Industry Moves: Verizon; Jumptap; Appia
– Verizon: Lowell McAdam is the latest addition to the operator’s board of directors. He has been the COO of Verizon since last October and… Read more »
Industry Moves: Google Mobile; Sony Ericsson; MEF
– Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Mobile: Russell Buckley (pictured) is leaving Google’s mobile advertising unit AdMob, about a year after the company… Read more »
Industry Moves: ITV, MyDaily, Specific, Playfish
– ITV (LSE: ITV) : The broadcaster is creating a multiplatform commissioning and digital content controller under online MD Robin Pembrooke… Read more »
Industry Moves: Bravo; Mediabrands Ventures; Hulu; INscribe Digital
– Bravo: Lisa Hsia has been promoted to the new post of EVP of Bravo Digital Media. She previously was SVP of the division since Nov. 2005.… Read more »
Industry Moves: Digitas; TheStreet; Hungry; Sharethrough; SEMplest
– Digitas: Two new hires in two different regions: Noah Mallin joins Digitas New York as VP/group director of social marketing, reporting t… Read more »
Industry Moves Roundup: Vodafone; Booyah; Nexius
– Vodafone: Gerard Kleisterlee will be the next chairman of Vodafone, succeeding Sir John Bond, who is retiring in July 2011. Kleisterlee i… Read more »
Industry Moves: Zynga; NYC; REVShare; eHarmony; FIC
– Zynga: Former Facebook exec Mike Murphy has joined Zynga as a senior advisor for its advertising strategy, AllThingsD reports. He’s also… Read more »
Industry Moves Roundup: Clearwire; Jajah / O2; Qualcomm
– Clearwire: The wireless operator has appointed John W. Stanton as chairman of the board of directors. He replaces Craig McCaw, who resign… Read more »
Industry Moves: AOP Committee, C4 Audiences, Virgin Media Sales
– AOP: GNM’s product development head Piers Jones (pictured) will chair the AOP’s product development committee, taking over from the FT’s… Read more »
Industry Moves: Global Radio’s New Digital Director; And More
Global Radio has picked ShineVu digital head Christopher Thorogood to be its digital director.
Thorogood replaces Robin Pembrooke, who beca… Read more »
Industry Moves: BuyWithMe; Maya; Baynote; AdReady; PCWorld/MacWorld
– BuyWithMe: The New York-based daily deals site has hired Jim Crowley as its president and CEO according to AllThingsD. Crowley was previo… Read more »
Industry Moves: SMG; appssavvy; RecycleBank; Time Inc.; Mojiva
– Starcom MediaVest Group: Nearly three months after digital head Sean Finnegan exited Starcom MediaVest Group, the Publicis Groupe media s… Read more »
Mobile Industry Moves: Google; appssavvy; NeoMedia
– Google: John Hanke, a former head of Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps, is taking a new position inside the company, as the head of a new “incubat… Read more »
Industry Moves: Zoopla Marketer, Arqiva CEO, Future Marketing, News Int.
– Zoopla: The property site is adding Match.com’s UK managing director Charlotte Harper (pictured), previously of Travelocity, O2 and BSkyB… Read more »
Industry Moves: Edelman EMEA CEO, Aspiro Music
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Industry Moves: LivingSocial; OnLive; AOL; Chegg
– LivingSocial: The daily deals site has appointed a new CFO to manage the $175 million it received from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) last December.… Read more »
Industry Moves: Virgin Media, Videojug, Specific Media
– Virgin Media: Despite closing its iDS, the ISP is retaining an 18-strong sales team to sell ads on its own website and TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO)… Read more »
Industry Moves: Times Digital Editor, Five Digital Controller, DMG, CNBC
– The Times: The newspaper is moving its deputy sports editor Craig Tregurtha to be editor of Times Digital, a new role working alongside T… Read more »
Industry Moves: AOL; MPAA; REVShare; Turtle Beach
– AOL: Amber Lawson has been named to the new position of head of video programming. Leading a team that oversees AOL (NYSE: AOL) Studios,… Read more »
Industry Moves: Gilt Groupe; Nomad Editions; NPR; Mixpo
– Gilt Groupe: David Zucker has been promoted to chief marketing officer from VP of customer marketing. Reporting to founder and CEO Kevin… Read more »
Industry Moves: Mousebreaker, Wikitude, TeePee Games
– Mousebreaker: IPC is expanding the role of Nuts.co.uk’s online editor Keith Walker (pictured) to include the casual games site it bought… Read more »
Industry Moves: Turn; AudienceScience; Comcast
– Turn: Former Yahoo executive Tim Mahlman has joined the leadership team as chief revenue officer. He previously was VP of network sales a… Read more »
Industry Moves: Press Association Sport, Lonely Planet, Monterosa, Havas
photo: PA Sport
– PA Sport: The sports news wire and data service is hiring former Archant and Sportsbusiness International commercial director Andy Rice (… Read more »
Industry Moves: Resonate Networks; MyVideoRights; OWN; XGraph; 3Crowd
– Resonate Networks: The online ad tech startup has hired former Demand Media exec George Stewart as its chief revenue officer, TechCrunch… Read more »
Industry Moves: Nimbuzz; HTC; Sony Ericsson
– Nimbuzz: Arthur Van De Poll is the new COO at Nimbuzz, which develops mobile apps that give users “free” calls, chat and messaging. He wa… Read more »
Industry Moves: Huawei; Appssavvy; ChaCha; MocoSpace
– Huawei: The Chinese maker of mobile phones and wireless network equipment has hired John Roese as its new SVP and general manager for Hua… Read more »
Industry Moves: ChaCha; Rodale; Maxymiser
– ChaCha: Shawn Schwegman has been promoted to the new position of CMO from VP of web products. He’ll now be responsible for customer focus… Read more »
Industry Moves: Shazam, Marie Claire Digital, Living TV
– Shazam: The music ID app is naming JumpTap sales and biz dev SVP Evan Krauss as its ad sales EVP; he was also a six-year Yahoo (NSDQ: YHO… Read more »
Industry Moves: CollegeHumor; ChaCha; Chomp; Ai
– CollegeHumor Media: Paul Greenberg recently joined as CEO of the company that operates CollegeHumor.com, Dorkly.com, TodaysBigThing.com a… Read more »
Industry Moves: Chomp; Samsung Mobile; AisleBuyer
photo: Mike Navarre
– Chomp: Actor and new media investor Ashton Kutcher is joining the app discovery startup Chomp as an advisor. Kevin Rose, the creator of D… Read more »
Industry Moves: Reader’s Digest, Selantra, Oil Studios
– Readers Digest: Former ITV.com editor Marc Webber recently became the mag’s new digital editor, as it gets serious about launching a prop… Read more »
