MTV Networks International has promoted Roberto Bagatti, naming him vice president of creative and creative director for the company’s world design studio. Bagatti was previously creative director of MTV Networks South Europe.

Neil Schaffer has been named senior vice president of finance at Canoe Ventures, reporting to chief executive officer David Verklin. Schaffer had been CEO at the advisory agency Longview Consulting Group.

Discovery Communications has promoted James Gilbey to vice president and group creative director, reporting to senior vice president of creative David Shackley. Gilbey previously led the creative department at Discovery Networks Europe.

Sorry, girls, but one Jonas is off the market. Kevin Jonas, who at 21 is the oldest member of The Jonas Brothers, got engaged to his girlfriend Danielle Deleasa yesterday. The couple have yet to set a date for the wedding.

Richard Lawson has joined TV.com, becoming a writer for the web site. Lawson had been a writer for the gossip blog Gawker.

Bonnier Corp. has named Jamie Engel national sales director for its Parenting Group, reporting to vice president and group publisher Greg Schumann. Engel was previously ad director at The New Yorker.

Christian Slater is closing in on a return to TV just one year after his last show bombed. The actor is in talks with ABC to star in its upcoming series “The Forgotten,” where he’ll play an amateur detective searching for his missing 11-year-old daughter. He would replace Rupert Penry-Jones, who played the role in the pilot. Slater starred in NBC’s short-lived “My Own Worst Enemy” last fall.

Actor Karl Malden, who starred in the TV show “The Streets of San Francisco,” died yesterday of natural causes at age 97. Malden also won an Academy Award in 1951 for his role as Mitch in the movie “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

Mollie Sugden, a British comedic actress, died yesterday after a long illness at age 86. Sugden was best known for her role as Mrs. Slocombe on the series “Are You Being Served?,” and she also appeared on the BBC’s “The Liver Birds.”

Bloomberg News has made four additions: Daniel Hertzberg, Jonathan Kaufman, Daniel Golden and Anita Sharpe. All four were previously with The Wall Street Journal.

Gay-themed newspaper The New York Blade has suspended publication, laying off editor Kat Long in the process. The suspension comes after the Blade’s parent company, HX Media, was acquired by undisclosed buyers.

Mediaedge:cia has named Juan Bongiovanni regional interaction director, working out of the agency’s Latin American headquarters. Bongiovanni was previously with Zed Digital LatAm in Argentina, where he was online marketing director.

Posterscope USA, an out-of-home ad agency, has named Ryan Shugrue managing director of its new Phoenix office. Shugrue joins from CBS Outdoor, where he was a senior account executive.