MSNBC has officially promoted Christopher Licht to executive producer of "Scarborough Country," its 9 p.m. program. Licht has been filling in in this role since August.

Oxygen has upped Michelle Niven to senior vice president of affiliate ad sales, where she will head up the network's affiliate advertising sales team while spearheading strategic sales collaborations with affiliates. In addition, Niven will work with the marketing team to create promotional campaigns and presentations to support local ad sales efforts.

The Fader has hired Dana Krozek as account manager for the magazine, thefader.com, the tripwire.com, and other multi-media initiatives. Krozek, who had been an account coordinator for Jeep Communications, will now over see revenue generation and the development of new business sales.

AARP Publications has named Linda Tse Carreria associate director of interactive marketing at AARP The Magazine, AARP Bulletin and AARP Segunda Juventud. Carreria, who has been with AARP Publications for more than 12 years, will now head up the direction of added-value online strategies and marketing solutions for the magazine's advertisers.

Wicks Business Information LLC has hired Brion D. Palmer as publisher for InsideCounsel magazine, reporting to group publisher and vice president John Whelan. Palmer will now be charged with heading up the publication's growth strategy while overseeing strategic innovations to the product. Previously, Palmer has been vice president and group publisher of the hospitality division at RBI and most recently worked as publisher of Interiors magazine at Stamats.

Nextar Broadcasting Group has made Louis J. Abitabilo vice president and general manager of WBRE/Wilkes-Barre-Scranton, its NBC affiliate. Reporting to SVP Timothy Busch, Abitabilo will head up shared services and sales agreements for its CBS affiliate, WYOU.

Lopez Negrete Communications has added Frederico Traeger as its creative director, where he will be working closely with other creative directors Luis Gonzalex, Jaime Belden and Luis Cuenca. Traeger had previously been vice president and executive creative director at The Bravo Group and Young & Rubicam in New York.

Trailer Park has named Michael Leathers creative director. Trailer Park is a creative marketing services company that deals with the entertainment industry.

MPRm Public Relations has restructured its management into three new categories, reorganizing and hiring new staff to meet the needs of the entertainment marketplace. Shari Mesulam has risen to vice president of film and events, Anthony Sprauve has been hired as senior vice president of digital media and technology (DMT), Ema Ostarcevic has joined as vice president of DMT, Sarah Carragher has joined as director of general entertainment, and Ariana Nash has become director of film and events.

Twentieth Century Fox has hired Mike Baron as director of brand licensing and business development. Baron will now take charge of the properties Fox Spots, Speed Channel, Askmen.com, and others.

Music Nation, a New York-based artist development company, has hired Neil Capel as chief technology officer, where he will be responsible for developing the site's infrastructure in order to increase efficiency. Capel had previously been CTO for a Craigslist-like company called Vivastreet.

Fred Khalilian, the owner of Club Paris in Orlando, has announced that the club will no longer be associated with its original namesake, Paris Hilton. Hilton came six hours late to the club's opening two years ago, and according to Khalilian has continuously failed to keep to her scheduled appearances at the club. Her publicist says the heiress has behaved appropriately and had not been notified of the firing. The name of the club will not be changed, nor will the name of the similarly labeled club Khalilian opened in Jacksonville last year, but will now pay tribute to the French city instead of the "Simple Life" starlet.

Former CEO Garry Betty, who took EarthLink Corporation from a start-up to a company that rivaled telecommunications greats like AOL, died on Tuesday of adrenal cortical cancer at the age of 49. After working briefly at Procter & Gamble and I.B.M., Betty worked for Hayes Microcomputer Associates until EarthLink founder Sky Dayton convinced him in 1996 to become chief executive officer. He took a leave of absence due to his rapid decline in health, leaving EarthLink in the hands of interim CEO Mike Lunsford.