MTV Games has made two new hires. Scott Guthrie joins as executive vice president and general manager, based in New York City. David Cox becomes senior vice president of sales, based in San Francisco.

Jose Tolosa has been promoted to senior vice president of strategy and business development at MTV Networks International and MTV Networks Latin America. He had been vice president of strategy and business development at the two entities.

Starting tonight, Fox Sports reporter Ken Rosenthal is joining MLB Network’s “MLB Tonight” as a so-called baseball insider. Rosenthal will continue his work for FoxSports.com and “MLB on Fox.”

The Weather Channel Interactive has named Cameron Clayton vice president of mobile. He had been director of business and will remain based in Atlanta.

DIY Network vice president of creative services Jeffrey Sears died Sunday after suffering injuries in a motorcycle accident over the weekend. He was 48. Sears previously worked for HGTV and spent 12 total years with Scripps Networks.

Joe Meyer has been named president and CEO of HopStop.com, an online city transit guide. He replaces founding CEO Chinedu Echeruo. Meyer is the former vice president and general manager for AOL’s Quigo Technologies.

In-flight magazine publisher Ink has named P.J. Lucas to its New York-based ad sales team. Lucas had been associate publisher of the now-defunct Radar and has previous stints at Penthouse and Golf World.

Looks like “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” won’t have to undergo a major recasting. Stars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay have finally reached a two-year deal to remain on the 11th-season show, NBC’s highest-rated drama series. They will now receive a reported $400,000 per episode. In other “SVU” news, Stephanie March will return to the show this fall, and Christine Lahti will do a four-episode guest stint.

Julius Genachowski, the newly installed Federal Communications Commission chairman, has appointed Ed Lazurus as his chief of staff. Lazurus had been working for the law firm Akin, Gump. Also, Colin Crowell will be Genachowski’s senior counselor, Bruce Gottleib has been named chief counsel and senior legal advisor, and Priya Aiyar will be legal advisor.

Original Media, the production company behind shows including “LA Ink” and “Storm Chasers,” has hired Jay Peterson as senior vice president of production and development, heading the New York and Los Angeles offices.

Insights and innovation consultancy LaunchForce has added Eric Spar as vice president and managing director. He had been vice president and general manager of Northlich’s BrandStorm group the past two years.

The Advertising Research Foundation has added five members to its board of directors, all for three-year terms: Paul Donato, executive vice president and chief research officer at Nielsen; Ronald Franklin, president and executive producer at NsightsWorldwide; Gayle Fuguitt, vice president of consumer insights at General Mills; Donna Goldfarb, vice president of consumer and market insights at Unilever Americas; and Jim Thompson, worldwide president and CEO of Ipsos ASI.

“Back to the Future’s” Lea Thompson has joined the dramedy “A Town Called Malice,” which is being shopped to various networks by producer Elevate Entertainment. Thompson plays a former rock star who goes home to live with her estranged daughter.