Industry Moves: TopGear.com Ed, Red Bee CTO, MySupermarket
– TopGear.com: FHM.com editor-in-chief Chris Mooney is the BBCWW commercial site’s new editor. Top Gear is a key global online property for… Read more »
Lonely Planet Names Publisher Douglas Schatz EMEA Chief
Guidebook business Lonely Planet has named Douglas Schatz as its new MD for EMEA, in charge of the division’s print and online expansion in… Read more »
Industry Moves Round-Up: Samsung; TalkTalk; Quova
– Samsung: The electronics giant named Choi Geesung as its new CEO and Jay Y. Lee as its first COO. Geesung was head of the Digital Media a… Read more »
Industry Moves: TalkTalk CEO; BBC PR, NatMags MD; Adify
– TalkTalk: Carphone Warehouse’s TalkTalk ISP — soon to spun out as a separately listed company — has named former Tesco and Sainsburys e… Read more »
Seesaw Managing Editor; Virgin Appoints COO; Government’s IP Office Chooses CEO
– Seesaw: The forthcoming IPTV VOD service from Arqiva has appointed former Babelgum mobile editor Dan Watt-Smith as its managing editor, a… Read more »
Lord Heseltine Gives Haymarket Exec Chairman Role To Son Rupert
B2B publisher Haymarket Media Group must be running out of people to fire: founder, owner and executive chairman Lord Heseltine has sacked h… Read more »
HMV Hires Amazon Exec For Continued Online Retail Push
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High street music chain HMV (LSE: HMV) has a new head of online: former head of DVD buying at Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Sarah Hughes is joining th… Read more »
Industry Moves Round-Up: MTV; Air America; MRM Worldwide; Innovative Artists
– MTV: Nick Shore is now the SVP, Strategic Insights and Research, for the network. He will oversee research efforts across MTV, MTV2, mtv.… Read more »
Industry Moves Round-Up: BBCWW Execs; Profero Europe Boss; Absolute Radio
– BBCWW: The Beeb’s commercial arm has promoted its director of programming John Taite to the role of VP for programming, EMEA. The unit is… Read more »
Industry Moves Round-Up: Johnston Press E-Commerce, Pluck, Bebo
– Johnston Press: Currently trialling local online news paywalls, the struggling paper publisher is adding Mastercard’s global e-commerce c… Read more »
ITN Appoints Two MDs; Endemol Marketing Head Out; Digicom
– ITN: Multimedia news provider ITN has named two new MDs: Asha Oberoi fills the new role of MD of the ITN Source content sales division a… Read more »
Virgin Media Appoints VOD TV Chief; Skype Marketer; Specific Media SVP
– Virgin VOD: Virgin Media’s has hired Chellomedia exec Aleks Habdank as director of its VOD TV service. He was been at Chello since 2002 a… Read more »
Conduit’s UK Launch; BSkyB Exec To Lead Sky Deutschland; France Telecom Deputy CEO Confirmed
– Conduit: Content aggregation tool company Conduit has opened its European HQ in London and has hired former Sportingo CEO Ze Read more »
Industry Moves: Autotrader.co.uk Boss Collins Leaving; BBCWW; Shortlist
This comes out of the blue: group director of Autotrader.co.uk Dominic Collins has left the company to set up his own digital consultancy bu… Read more »
thelondonpaper Editor In Times Exec Role; Bebo VP To Mydeco; Wired Publisher; Adify
–The Times: Three months after the closure of News International’s thelondonpaper, its editor Stefano Hatfield has a new job as “head of ve… Read more »
Industry Moves: Spotify’s New CTO, BBC’s Sambrook, I-Level Head, Clickstream Technologies
– Spotify: After the departure of Andreas Ehn, the music streamer has appointed Oskar Stål as its new CTO. He moves over from mobile trans… Read more »
Lonely Planet Digital Exec Joins Hotels.com; AND’s Motors.co.uk Appoints CEO
– Hotels.com: Lonely Planet’s head of emerging business Troy Suda is to leave the business to join Expedia-owned booking site Hotels.com as… Read more »
Telegraph Editor Lewis Made Digital MD, Launches New ‘Entrepreneurial’ Division
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UK’s Telegraph Media Group editor-in-chief Will Lewis is becoming the company’s managing director for digital, and will head a new “entrepre… Read more »
Indy’s Digital News Chief Leach Returning To Govt.
The Independent’s digital editorial director Jimmy Leach is to re-join the government’s digital media operations as head of digital engageme… Read more »
Yahoo International Marketing VP Leaves; Rubicon Project; 2Ergo; O2 Marketer
– Yahoo: Another Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) bites the dust: the company’s international marketing VP Kristof Fahy is leaving in the new year to joi… Read more »
Condé Nast Digital; Twofour; Volume Group; Haygarth
– Condé Nast Digital: The Wired.co.uk publisher has lost its commercial director Serena Burns, who is leaving after nine years to work on… Read more »
Industry Moves Round-Up: Atlantic Media; Tribal Fusion; Viewpoints Network; Meredith 360°
– Atlantic Media: Former U.S. editor of Reuters.com Adam Pasick will be heading up the new digital media brand from The Atlantic publishing… Read more »
O2 Marketing Cuts; Publicis Groupe’s Creative Director; INM’s Irish Deputy MD
– O2 cuts: Telefonica-owned O2 aims to cut its marketing team of 220 by 10 percent by the end of the month, according to Marketing Week.
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Conde’s UK Online Boss, IPC Reshuffle, DAB Switchover Chief, Jigsaw, Bebo
– Conde Nast: Wired publisher Jamie Jouning is taking the new role of publisher for Conde Nast Digital Britain, the UK counterpart to Conde… Read more »
Hammersley Rejigs At Wired, Sly For Ladbrokes, ITV Chairman, NMA, IAB Social
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– Wired: Polymath and Wired UK associate editor Ben Hammersley “has decided to cut his time commitment to the magazine to allow him to purs… Read more »
BBCWW Sales Exec; Carat’s Digital Hires; BBC News Social Editor; Accountancy Age
– BBC Worldwide: The BBC’s commercial wing has promoted Helen Jurado to VP for sales and distribution, responsible for selling content in L… Read more »
Independent News & Media Gets New COO; Adconion Chief Leaves; Tradewest Games MD
– INM: The Indy publisher has appointed Vincent Crowley its new chief operating officer, following the promotion of Gavin O’Reilly to CEO i… Read more »
PA Group CEO Appointed; iCrossing Natural Search Team; Publicis Spain Chief
– PA Group: The owner of the Press Association news agency has appointed Clive Marshall its new CEO to replace Paul Potts, who steps down i… Read more »
Industry Moves Roundup: MySpace VP; Yahoo SVP; Vivendi Entertainment
Two VP leaving at two Internet companies in trouble:
– Chris George, who was VP of Integrated Marketing at MySpace, has left and joined pop… Read more »
Google UK Appoints YouTube Display Exec; AOP Product Committee; Indy Creative Head Joins UBM
– Google (NSDQ: GOOG) UK: The Big G in London has appointed Bruce Daisley leader for YouTube and display ads, effectively replacing Jonatha… Read more »
Corrected: Virgin Media CEO Neil Berkett Joins Guardian Media Group Board
Guardian Media Group has has appointed Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) CEO Neil Berkett as a non-executive director, to give its board some extra… Read more »
Brody Rejoins AOL To Head Paid Services In Finance Re-Org; Gilt CEO Lyne Added To Post-Spin Board
Ned Brody is re-joining AOL (NYSE: TWX) as EVP of paid services, leaving his role as founder and CEO of ARPUinc. He’ll be picking up where h… Read more »
Orange UK Appoints Business VP; Vodafone Brand Director
– Orange UK: Former O2 and BT (NYSE: BT) executive Martin Stiven has joined France Telecom’s UK division as VP of business, responsible for… Read more »
SeeSaw Appoints Commercial Chief; Bigmouthmedia’s New CEO; TBWA Agency President Leaves
– SeeSaw: Arqiva has hired former Channel 4 business development manager Matt Rennie as the commercial head of its forthcoming consumer VOD… Read more »
