—Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Asia: Having allocated serious investment toward TV and content, Google has hired another regional executive - Ajay Vidyasagar, former COO of India’s Sun TV, becomes regional director of video solutions for Asia-Pacific, reporting to Google’s local media MD Shailesh Rao, C21 reports. Google recently hired ITV’s Ben…

—Demand Media: Crid Yu has joined as SVP of strategic partnerships, a new role at the company. He comes from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) where he held a variety of senior leadership positions over the past seven years. Most recently, he oversaw revenue and relations for the top 1000 strategic partners…

—CrowdStar: Alex Galvagni will be joining CrowdStar as head of studios. Prior to this, Galvagni was the SVP of Global product development for Glu (NSDQ: GLUU) mobile, where he worked for eight years. He also served as the president and COO of Transpera, which was acquired by Tremor Media last…

—Spark Networks: Greg Liberman has been promoted to president and CEO, from president and COO. Adam Berger, who had held the posts of chairman and CEO since 2007 has resigned but agreed to stay on as a director. Liberman first joined the company as general counsel in 2004. Prior to…

—*NBC* Universal: Valari Dobson Staab has been appointed president of NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Local Media, a move that promotes John Wallace to president of NBCU Media Works. Until Staab officially joins in June, Wallace will continue to oversee Local Media. Staab comes from ABC’s TV stations, where she was president…

—TagMan: Angus Glover Wilson has been promoted to the new position of chief privacy officer. He’ll help advertisers adhere to new online marketing regulations if and when they’re implemented. He previously held the title of VP of operations since 2010. Prior to TagMan, he was GM of UK at iVillage.…

—AppNexus: Nielsen’s audience head Ari Paparo is joining real-time ad platform AppNexus as product SVP. —Jumptap:  Regina Sebring has signed onto the new position of VP of publisher partnerships, reporting to CMO/CRO Todd Anderman. Previously, Sebring was VP/GM at AudienceScience and earlier, she held executive positions at Valueclick, Advertising.com and…

—Digital River: The e-commerce solutions provider has a new president, Tom Donnelly. He first joined as treasurer and VP of finance and was eventually promoted to CFO. Prior to Digital River (NSDQ: DRIV), Donnelly was CFO and COO of Net Perceptions. —Ubermind: Five promotions at the Seattle, WA-based mobile and…

—My Damn Channel: Matt Kaplan started his new gig this week as My Damn Channel’s chief revenue officer, reporting to Founder/CEO Rob Barnett. With over a decade of experience in digital media ad sales and marketing, he was most recently VP of digital media at

—BuzzLogic: Dave Hills is now CEO of the media index and analytics platform. Most recently, he was a general partner at KPG Ventures. Earlier in his career he was president and CEO of LookSmart (NSDQ: LOOK), and president of media solutions for 24/7 Real Media. —TooFab.com: Entertainment and pop culture…

—LivingSocial: Mitch Spolan has been appointed SVP of national sales to lead development of national accounts and expand the team to work with advertisers and marketers. Most recently, Spolan served as Yahoo’s VP of North American field sales. —Knight Foundation: Two new hires and a promotion: Michael Maness joins as…

—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 Entertainment’s commercial music group. He had joined Sony in 2002 when it acquired Run Tones, the mobile entertainment company he co-founded and led as CEO. Last…

—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. Some of the projects she’s led include real-time viewing site Bravo Talk Bubble and the Bravo Now tablet and smartphone app. Prior to joining…

—Digitas: Two new hires in two different regions: Noah Mallin joins Digitas New York as VP/group director of social marketing, reporting to Jordan Bitterman, SVP of media. Mallin came from Reprise Media, where he was director of social media. Ken Burbary comes to Digitas Detroit as VP/group director of social…

—Zynga: Former Facebook exec Mike Murphy has joined Zynga as a senior advisor for its advertising strategy, AllThingsD reports. He’s also finalizing his consulting gig with Facebook; he left the company last October to take some personal time off.

—BuyWithMe: The New York-based daily deals site has hired Jim Crowley as its president and CEO according to AllThingsD. Crowley was previous president and CEO of Turbine. Cheryl Rosner stepped down from the post of CEO last December. —Maya Entertainment: The company has appointed Mark Sonnenberg as COO. Reporting to…

—Starcom MediaVest Group: Nearly three months after digital head Sean Finnegan exited Starcom MediaVest Group, the Publicis Groupe media shop has named his successor. Mindshare’s Lisa Weinstein joins SMG as president of Global Digital and Search. [Release] —appssavvy: Rahul Daterao takes on the new position of CTO, responsible for technical…

—LivingSocial: The daily deals site has appointed a new CFO to manage the $175 million it received from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) last December. John Bax was most recently CFO of RecycleBank; prior to that he held the same title at Sentient. —OnLive: Etienne Handman has traded his COO position at…

—AOL: Amber Lawson has been named to the new position of head of video programming. Leading a team that oversees AOL (NYSE: AOL) Studios, AOL Video hub, AOL.com and third party production, she’ll be responsible for all original video content. Lawson previously worked with Babelgum where she oversaw the international…