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Five have joined the sales team at
American Profile: Kelly Firtell
as associate marketing director; Melissa
Werner-Marici as account
director and Shannon Hay
as advertising account manager, both in the New York office; and
Priscilla Mack as account
manager and Erica Schultz
as advertising account manager, both working out of the Midwest
office.
William Gasperoni
is the new director of marketing at Blender magazine, responsible
for overseeing the New York-based marketing staff. Before joining
the Dennis Publishing title, Gasperoni was director of promotions at
Life & Style. He was also marketing director at YM and held
marketing consulting positions at both Teen Vogue and Marie Claire.
Tom Rogers
has risen from vice chairman to TiVo’s new chief executive. He
takes over for co-founder Mike Ramsay. Rogers was
previously chief executive officer of Primedia and president of NBC
Cable. Earlier, as senior counsel for the U.S. House of
Representatives’ Telecommunications Subcommittee, he helped rewrite
the rules governing the U.S. cable industry. Rogers first joined
TiVo’s board in 1999 and has been vice chairman since October.
Nail
salons beware. Paula Abdul
wants legislators to make you clean up. The “American Idol” judge
testified in front of the California Senate Business and Professions
Committee in Sacramento yesterday about her ordeal after an unsanitary
manicure in April 2004 sent her in and out of the hospital. The pain
was so excruciating, Abdul said, that even her hair touching her
thumb caused her to scream. The legislation is sponsored by
Democratic Assemblyman Leland Yee
and would establish safety standards for manicure and pedicure
equipment and mandate that nail shops follow sanitary practices.
Corey Clark is back in the limelight again. The former
“American Idol” contestant was cited on a misdemeanor battery charge
and ordered to appear in Sacramento County Superior Court July 22 after
allegedly getting into a food fight with his record company manager,
CDC’s Laura Kathleen Troy.
The two were having breakfast in a room in Sheraton Grand Hotel
Saturday when an argument over an incident from Clark's Friday night
concert escalated into a fight, police said. Both were found with
scratches on their arms.
Back
then, it was Jennifer Aniston.
Now, it’s Jessica Simpson.
The singer and “Dukes of Hazzard” star has today’s most wanted
hairstyle, according to a new poll conducted by In Touch magazine.
Her golden locks beat Aniston’s, as well as
Jessica Alba’s and
Angelina Jolie’s. Those
heads of hair came in at second, third and fourth, respectively.
Other sought-after hairstyles belong to
Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross, Nicole
Richie, Mischa Barton, Oprah Winfrey and
Gwyneth Paltrow. |
“General Hospital” producer and
director Carol Scott Caramadre
died of cancer June 24. She was 56.
Caramadre had worked in the television industry since the ‘70s. She
joined “GH” in 1993, serving as camera director, line producer,
co-producer, editorial supervisor and producer. Just last month,
Caramadre won her fourth Daytime Emmy Award for the show.
It was
back into surgery for fashion commentator
Steven Cojocaru Monday. The kidney transplant he received from a friend in January had
become infected and had to be removed. The “Entertainment Tonight”
correspondent suffers from polycystic kidney disease, a hereditary
disorder that causes the growth of cysts on the kidney.
Stefani Relles
has been promoted to vice president of creative writer development
at Fox. She joined the network in 2002 and will
continue in her task of finding writers from outside the TV pool.
Among the writers she’s brought in are “Avenue Q’s”
Jeff Whitty and
Jason Moore and
playwright Maurice Chauvet.
Before joining Fox, Relles was USA Network’s director of original
series programming, helping develop “The Dead Zone” and “Monk.”
Belia Jimenez
has been named director of sales development research at ABC Radio
Networks, responsible for developing research marketing initiatives
that support the ad sales team. Jimenez was previously director of
ad sales marketing for Premiere Radio Networks. She has also worked
in marketing at Turner Broadcasting and at Viacom, where she helped
launch Nickelodeon Latin America.
Jessica Shreeve
has been named vice president of current programming and specials at
Court TV, joining three other VPs in providing editorial direction
and production oversight to the network’s primetime nonfiction
programs. Shreeve moves from AMC where she was vice president of
documentaries and specials. Before that, she was at Channel One and
VH1.
Also at Court TV,
Madelyn Brudner and
Paul Bourdett have
risen from senior associate producers to coordinating producers
in the current programming and specials unit. Their expanded
duties will now include overseeing production of a variety of
Court TV programs.
Jeffery
Kissinger has
been upped to vice president of promotion strategy at Scripps
Networks. In his new post, duties will include coordinating
cross-promotion efforts involving Shop at Home, Scripps
newspapers and television stations. Kissinger was previously
director of strategy and planning for HGTV.
Andrew Morris
has been named vice president of research for Fuse, responsible
for all primary and secondary research.
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