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AOL Media has named David Eun president, replacing Bill Wilson on March 1. Eun was previously vice president of strategic partnerships at Google, where he worked with the YouTube unit.

Nora Gervais has been named New York sales director at Navigate Boomer Media, an online ad network that targets baby boomers. Gervais joins from the Los Angeles Times Magazine, where she was associate publisher.

Angelo D’Agostino has been named vice president of human resources at Tremor Media, which handles in-stream and in-banner online video advertising. D’Agostino previously held a similar position at Reed Business Information.


Cecil Heftel, the founder of Heftel Broadcasting, which later became Hispanic Broadcasting Corp., died last week of natural causes at age 85. Heftel represented Hawaii in the House of Representatives from 1976 to 1986, before returning to broadcasting and targeting Hispanic audiences.


Sports Illustrated has selected 22-year-old model Brooklyn Decker for the cover of this year’s annual swimsuit issue, unveiling it on last night’s “Late Show with David Letterman.” Decker, who is married to tennis star Andy Roddick, has appeared in the swimsuit issue since 2006.

That’s entertainment: Good Housekeeping magazine has brought in Cortney Pellettieri, naming her entertainment editor. Pellettieri was most recently entertainment editor at InStyle.


Vamos! Michael Mueller has joined Univision Communications, becoming vice president of client development. Mueller had been national advertising director at GQ magazine.

Former figure skater Michelle Kwan is returning to the Olympics, although this time she won’t be competing. Kwan has joined ABC to serve as an Olympics correspondent for “Good Morning America,” beginning Feb. 12. Kwan is a two-time Olympic medal winner.

There’s a new judge on CW’s “America’s Next Top Model.” When the new season premieres on March 10, Andre Leon Talley will join the panel, which includes host Tyra Banks and photographer Nigel Barker. Talley is also editor at large at Vogue.

ABC’s “FlashForward” is only in its first season, but it’s already going on its third showrunner. Co-creator David Goyer is leaving the show to focus on feature films, with no replacement named yet. Goyer, who reportedly will still be involved with the series in some capacity, took over for showrunner Mark Guggenheim back in October. After a strong start, ratings for "FlashForward" tumbled at the end of its first-half run last fall.

CBS has added Minka Kelly to the cast of its comedy pilot “True Love,” about four friends living in New York. Kelly, who most recently appeared on “Friday Night Lights,” will play a romantic from the Midwest.



Star Kalatzan is heading back to Mediaedge:cia. She has rejoined the agency as managing director, working with Ikea, Novartis Toys’R’Us and other clients. Kalatzan, who left MEC eight years ago, was most recently senior vice president and managing director at Universal McCann.

Wieden+Kennedy has added Iain Tait to its staff, naming him global interactive executive creative director. Tait was previously creative director and head of strategy at Poke in London.


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