Digital Content Vet David Eun Joins Samsung To Lead Global Media
Samsung makes TVs, tablets, smartphones, music players, even refrigerators with connected displays. Now it wants to have a bigger say about… Read more »
Industry Moves: JumpTime; Sociable Labs; Performics; MediaBrix
– JumpTime: Elizabeth Osder joins as SVP of strategy and business development. Reporting to co-founder and CEO Michele DiLorenzo, Osder wil… Read more »
New Leadership For S4C's Digital Investment Fund
Welsh-language broadcaster has appointed John Davies to lead a multi-million pound online and television content fund. Read more »
Industry Moves: Blyk's Åhrling, Jo Twist, Associated Press
Some of the latest hirings and exits in brief from the world of digital media and entertainment… Read more »
AOL Looks Internally For New Head Of Sales, Promotes Jim Norton
Another executive move at AOL (NYSE: AOL), which has seen a fair few of them in the last several months: the company today announced that it… Read more »
Facebook Appoints A New Head Of Mobile Developer Relations
If you had any doubt about Facebook’s ambitions in mobile, here’s another move that underscores the social network’s priorities. It has hire… Read more »
Thomson Reuters CEO Glocer Is Out; COO James Smith Replaces Him
Tom Glocer is stepping down as the CEO of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), and is getting replaced by James C. Smith, the business media company… Read more »
Twitter Hires Ad Director From Google
Twitter has hired Google’s director of YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) display advertising, Bruce Daisley, as its first UK sales director. Read more »
Industry Moves: Vuguru; BBC; Vevo; Jun Group; MWW
– Vuguru: The independent studio founded by Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company has hired entertainment veteran Scott Nocas as head of distri… Read more »
Industry Moves: Sony Music's Hesse, Sky's Jonesco, Capgemini, RBI, O2
photo: Flickr/ TheStalwart
– Bertelsmann: Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music’s global digital head Thomas Hesse is leaving to join Bertelsmann in February, tasked with its digita… Read more »
Industry Moves: Conde Nast Ups Coleridge; Also: Adconion, BBC
News of the latest hirings and exits in the digital media business in brief… Read more »
Colarusso Jumps From Bloomberg TV To Reuters
Dan Colarusso, who has held top editorial posts at the NY Post, Condé Nast’s Portfolio and briefly at Business Insider, is leaving his post… Read more »
Industry Moves: Sup Media, SpotXchange, Tim Brooks
The latest executive moves, entries and exits from the world of digital media business… Read more »
AOL's Silicon Valley Face Garlinghouse Is Out; CFO Minson Gets Added Duties
A little over two years after returning to the portal business, Brad Garlinghouse is leaving AOL (NYSE: AOL) as president of the application… Read more »
Longreads Founder Partners With Read It Later
photo: Longreads
Longreads founder Mark Armstrong is bringing his long-form journalism curation skills to Read It Later, where he is signing on as editorial… Read more »
Disney's Iger Tapped For Apple's Board Of Directors, Levinson Now Chairman
photo: Brad Markel / Fortune
Disney (NYSE: DIS) President and CEO Bob Iger has agreed to join Apple’s board of directors, filling the vacancy left by the death of co-fou… Read more »
BT Takes Virgin's Green As TV Exec For YouView Push
Virgin Media’s TV and online commercial executive director Alex Green is defecting to BT (NYSE: BT) to become TV commercial and product dire… Read more »
More Turmoil At Newsweek/Daily Beast As Three Top Executives Exit
IAC (NSDQ: IACI) CEO Barry Diller told investors this summer that the company could tolerate the continued losses at the combined Newsweek/D… Read more »
Paul Hood Will Lead Archant's Digital Drive In London
Former Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) digital marketing director Paul Hood, who was made redundant in the publisher’s recent reorganisation, will… Read more »
Mobile Ad Firm 4INFO Names Tim Jenkins CEO. Zaw Thet Now 'Chief Evangelist'
photo: 4INFO
So a changing of the guard at mobile ad company 4INFO, which announced a funding round of $14 million just last month: Zaw Thet, the company… Read more »
'Original Media Aggregator' Romenesko Resigns From Poynter Institute
photo: Portfolio.com/Robin Eley
Jim Romenesko is leaving his post at the Poynter Institute earlier than expected amid controversy over whether or not he provided “incomplet… Read more »
Industry Moves: Safari Books Online; Compass Labs; Mesa; SocialVolt
– Safari Books Online: Andrew Savikas has been appointed CEO of Safari Books Online, a joint venture of O’Reilly Media and Pearson (NYSE: P… Read more »
Industry Moves: Microsoft's Mobile Leaver, iProspect, Adaptly
Some of the latest entrances and exit in hiring in the UK digital media business… Read more »
MSLO Hires iVIllage's Lagani To Oversee Ad Sales
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) has hired ad sales veteran Joe Lagani to the newly-created post of chief revenue officer as the… Read more »
NYT Digital Head Martin Nisenholtz Retiring; Won't Be Replaced
Martin Nisenholtz is leaving the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) after 16 years as the driving force behind its digital strategy. His plan to… Read more »
Main Street Connect Gets New CEO, More Funding
Hyperlocal news network Main Street Connect has a new CEO–tech industry vet Zohar Yardeni–and also closed a $7 million funding round, the… Read more »
Adobe’s Thomas Nielsen Named RealNetworks CEO
RealNetworks has chosen Thomas Nielsen as its new president and CEO, succeeding interim CEO Mike Lunsford. He starts next week and is intend… Read more »
Industry Moves: PeerIndex, We7, The Weather Channel
Some of the latest executive hiring and exits in the digital media and online content industry… Read more »
Turner Broadcast Ad Veteran Yaccarino To Head NBCU Cable, Digital Sales
Linda Yaccarino, who left her role as SVP/COO of Turner Entertainment Ad Sales & Marketing and Acquisitions after 18 years last week, is qui… Read more »
Industry Moves: Shine, Bearing Point, MIG, Spotify
Some of the latest executive hiring and exits in the digital media and online content industry… Read more »
Updated: Future’s CEO Spring Exits To Cut Costs
UK-based magazine publisher Future is “eliminating an entire tier of overhead” in the shape of its own CEO Stevie Spring and finance directo… Read more »
Rubicon Brings In Three High-Profile Hires To Evolve RTB Efforts
photo: Getty Images / Spencer Platt
The Rubicon Project has added three executives — including Jay Sears from ContextWeb, who recently declared the supply-side platform model… Read more »
MSN’s Scott Moore Departs To Join Yell Group As Chief Digital Officer
Scott Moore has left his post as partner and executive producer of Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) portal MSN to become chief digital officer of Yell… Read more »
Siri Co-Founder Leaving Apple Weeks After iPhone 4S Launch
photo: Apple
Now that Siri is baked into an iPhone, Dag Kittlaus seems to have decided that his work at Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was complete. The co-founder o… Read more »
Industry Moves: MMC Ventures, Dave Gilbertson, Trinity Mirror, Base 79
Latest executive movements, comings and goings in the UK digital media industry… Read more »
Ex-MSLO Exec Janet Balis Returns To Chart AOL Ad Sales Strategy
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is bringing back former ad sales development head Janet Balis to lead sales strategy, marketing and partnerships for the com… Read more »
Google’s Brittin Promoted In European Reshuffle
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) UK MD Matt Brittin (pictured) is replacing Philipp Schindler as a northern and central Europe VP after Schindler was cal… Read more »
Industry Moves: HealthiNation; Machinima; Vevo; Ai; Starz
– HealthiNation: Anthony Dunaif has joined HealthiNation as SVP of syndication and strategic partnerships. Previously, he was CMO of Inform… Read more »
So Much For ‘Working It Out’: Michael Wolff Is Out At Adweek
After two months of rumors of “he’s out/he’s here to stay,” Michael Wolff is out at Adweek, a little more than a year since he was hired to… Read more »
Industry Moves: ESPN; Underdog; Vindico; Compass Labs; RLM Finsbury; Spin
– *ESPN* Deportes: Freddy Rolón has been promoted to VP of ESPN (NYSE: DIS) Deportes Programming and Business Initiatives. He’ll lead the… Read more »
