Industry Moves: Sesame Workshop; Twitter; Kiplinger Washington Editors
– Sesame Workshop: The nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street has made three promotions: Scott Chambers is now SVP of worldwide media… Read more »
Industry Moves: Taptu; OMVC; Adfonic; WHERE
– Taptu: Mitch Lazar has been upped to CEO from president and COO. He was most recently managing director of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Mobile Euro… Read more »
Industry Moves: Mahalo; Google; Complex Media
– Mahalo: Kathy Choi and John Schwartz have both started as Directors of Business Development. Choi was previously running business develop… Read more »
Industry Moves: Web TV Enterprise, Brightcove, BBC Magazines
– Web TV Enterprise: The online video ad network is appointing Paul Wright (pictured) as non-executive board advisor. Wright founded sports… Read more »
Industry Moves: IPC’s Digital Boss, Trinity Digi Director, Arts Alliance
– IPC Media: The publisher is promoting Simon Loxham (pictured), web technology head of its Southbank and Connect brands for women’s titles… Read more »
Industry Moves: Neustar; AT&T; Vibes; HipLogic; Where
– Neustar Lisa Hook has been promoted to CEO from COO, while maintaining her post as president. She succeeds founding CEO Jeffrey Ganek who… Read more »
Industry Moves: Nokia MeeGo, RBI CEO, MMA CEO
– Nokia (NYSE: NOK) MeeGo: The handset maker’s higher-end Symbian alternative is due out on its first phone by year’s end, but Ari Jaaski,… Read more »
Industry Moves: Amadeus Partner, My-Wardrobe.com, Yell CFO, Bazaarvoice CFO
– My-Wardrobe.com: The latest publishing person to join a fashion website – Grazia founding editor Fiona McIntosh is joining the e-commerce… Read more »
Industry Moves: Aegis, EMI Music, STV, Adfonic, Galleon
– Aegis: The media house’s Carat agency has named ITV (LSE: ITV) social media manager Ben Ayers (pictured) as its associate director for so… Read more »
Industry Moves: Verizon Wireless; T-Mobile USA; Qik; Nexage
– Verizon Wireless: Andrew Davies has been named Verizon’s new VP and CFO, effective November 15. He joined Vodafone in 2003, having most r… Read more »
Industry Moves: CBS Interactive; PGA; RealNetworks;Turn Inc.
– *CBS* Interactive: Mary Hentges has been named CFO and EVP of CBSI, reporting to President Neil Ashe. She joins from a seven-year tenure… Read more »
Industry Moves: Hachette Digital, Picklive, Nokia Manager, Spreadshirt CEO
– Hachette UK: The book publisher is hiring Lonely Planet’s innovation ecosystems manager Matthew Cashmore (pictured) as its first digital… Read more »
Media Exec Musical Chairs: AOL, Fox Audience And MTV
Some digital media executives made the headlines this morning with departures from their respective companies. Our coverage, below:
»… Read more »
Industry Moves: Oodle; OggiFinogi; W.W. Norton & Co.
– Oodle: Four additions to the senior team: Former Six Apart CFO Tod Harmon joins in the same capacity. Jenny Rutherford has joined as VP o… Read more »
Industry Moves: Channel 4, IPC Media, FT Blog
– Channel 4: Future Media & Technology is being split. Richard Davidson-Houston’s (pictured) new Online team moves to the Creative Division… Read more »
Industry Moves: Azuki; Motorola Mobility; Getjar; Booze & Co.
– Azuki Systems: John Clancy has joined as president and CEO. He previously was CEO in residence of Schooner Capital and before that, presi… Read more »
Industry Moves: Zynga; MLB Advanced Media; WEA Corp.; Booze & Co.
– Zynga: David Wehner, an investment banker from Allen & Co., has joined as Zynga’s CFO. He replaces Mark Vranesh, who has become chief acc… Read more »
Industry Moves: TheBusinessDesk.com, FT Alphaville Deputy Ed., C4 Online
– FT Alphaville: Tokyo-based reporter Tracy Alloway is becoming deputy editor of the Financial Times’ live analysis community and blog, wor… Read more »
Industry Moves Round-Up: Chris Wade, BBC Mobile, Apprupt, Johnston
– Chris Wade: The former ShoZu CEO has been named executive chairman of videoconferencing service VC-Net. Mobile content sharer ShozU sold… Read more »
Industry Moves: Activision; Fox; Texas Tribune; Gannett; AudienceScience
– *Activision* Blizzard: Marketing and ads vet Eric Hirshberg has been named CEO of Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) Publishing, effective September… Read more »
Industry Moves: Zong; NewBay; Booyah
– Zong: The mobile payment service adds four execs: Elena Krasnoperova is VP of analytics and fraud management and Stephane Kasriel is VP o… Read more »
Industry Moves: Codemasters, BBCWW, Blue Barracuda
– Codemasters: The games firm’s UK and Australia general manager Jeremy Wigmore has been upped to EMEA publishing VP, to grow its publishin… Read more »
Industry Moves: NatGeo; HealthiNation; TagMan; [x + 1]; Buzzmedia
– National Geographic Global Media: Ted Prince has been promoted to the new position of COO for NGGM. Prior to joining the company in 2003… Read more »
Updated: Industry Moves: Location Labs; Dotgo; Neustar; Mojiva
– Location Labs: Akash Agarwal has been appointed SVP of business and corporate development. Most recently, Agarwal was VP of business deve… Read more »
Industry Moves: C4′s Gisby, IFPI CEO, Magnetise, Specific Media
– C4′s Gisby: C21 reckons Channel 4 new media director Jon Gisby is “considering his future” after his seeing his role split under new CEO… Read more »
Industry Moves: Tremor Media; Triad Digital; Compass Labs
– Tremor Media: Former Google (NSDQ: GOOG) exec Matthew Corbin has been appointed to the new position of VP of global platform solutions to… Read more »
Industry Moves: Telegraph Mobile, BBC.com Promotions; ESPN Down Under
– Telegraph: Seasoned newspaper exec Mark Challinor is being named Telegraph Media Group’s first mobile director, reporting to Steve McLaug… Read more »
Industry Moves: AG Interactive; BBC.com; Neustar; Permuto; TagMan
– *American Greetings* Interactive: Josef Mandelbaum, the longtime president of AG Interactive, has left for a CEO position at an Israeli c… Read more »
