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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

People
Tom Harty rises at Meredith 
He becomes president of consumer magazines, overseeing
the publisher's NY-based titles. Susan Gershon rises to EVP and director of operations at KSL Media 
Brian Dailey becomes VP and brand group director at Horizon Media 
Mark Jung becomes chairman at Epic Advertising 
Isabel Ontoso becomes CEO at Leo Burnett Spain 
Marta Salazar-Perren becomes NSM at National Television Sales 
Jim Connelly becomes SVP of consumer products at WWE 
Dan Froomkin heading Huffington Post Washington bureau 
Wendy Japhet and Anne Teixeira join Valhalla Motion Pictures 
Wanda Gierhart becomes SVP and CMO at Neiman Marcus Group 
Jeff Nolan joins the board of directors at SpectrumDNA

People
Robin Williams gets HBO special 
The comedian will bring his 'Weapons of Self-Destruction'
tour to cable in December Elisabeth Baker and Tom Platoni join Allied Advertising 
Kevin Cary becomes account manager at Walker Marketing 
Sergio Zyman becomes chairman at U & Me Marketing 
Kristine Hunsinger becomes SVP of planning at Ion Media Networks 
Allison Gollust rises to EVP of corporate communications at NBCU 
Karyn Gruenberg becomes marketing director at The Washington Times 
Britt Morris becomes technical director at Trilogy Studios 
Jeffrey Glueck becomes CEO at Skyfire 
Terry Kinney joins CBS's 'The Mentalist' 
'The Office's' Jenna Fischer engaged

People
'Dancing's' Len Goodman has cancer 
The ABC reality show judge had surgery three weeks
ago but will be back this fall Diane Nelson becomes senior media buyer at Media Stream Direct 
Gerard van der Werf becomes regional manager at Telmar 
Terry McCarthy joins CBS News 
Farhad Heydari rises to managing editor of UK Departures 
Jason Stein becomes editor of Automotive News 
Casey Kasem leaving radio at the end of the week 
J. Heidi Roizen elected to TiVo's board of directors 
Paula Abdul and Nigel Lythgoe in talks for Jackson special 
'Ugly Betty's' Ana Ortiz welcomes a daughter 
Missy Peregrym joins ABC's 'Copper'

People
Oxygen rolls out Tori Spelling web series 
'Mommywood' includes interviews and bits not seen
on the actress' reality show. 
Penny Baldwin named Yahoo SVP 
Robin Rifkin becomes Razor & Tie Media VP of media buying and sales 
Joost CEO Mike Volpi steps down 
Drex Heikes named LA Weekly editor 
Kirk McDonald rejoins the Denver Newspaper Agency 
Rahim Amlani named iVillage Networks VP of commercial initiatives 
Adam Zeller rises to Starz director of digital media 
Ex-gossip Roger Friedman sues News Corp. 
Apple CEO Steve Jobs returns to work 
Gary Owen starring in potential 'Payne' spinoff

People
Christian Slater close to TV return 
The actor is in talks to star in ABC's 'The Forgotten,'
replacing Rupert Penry-Jones Juan Bongiovanni becomes regional interaction director at Mediaedge:cia 
Ryan Shugrue becomes managing director at Posterscope USA 
Roberto Bagatti rises to VP of creative at MTV Networks International 
Jamie Engel becomes sales director at Bonnier's Parenting Group 
Neil Schaffer becomes SVP of finance at Canoe Ventures 
James Gilbey rises to creative director at Discovery Communications 
Four WSJ journalists move to Bloomberg News 
Editor Kat Long laid off from New York Blade 
Richard Lawson becomes a writer at TV.com 
Kevin Jonas engaged to his girlfriend

People
Former ABC president Mark Mandala dies 
The 72-year-old spent more than three decades at the
TV network, including eight years as president
Bill Bayer and Phyllis Carluzzo become managing partners at MEC 
Michael Hope becomes executive director at Bender/Helper Impact 
Susanna Schrobsdorff, Charlie Rogers and Elizabeth Zack join iVillage 
Patrick Wilson becomes SVP of distribution at Tennis Channel 
Rob Jacobson becomes SVP of marketing at Planet Green 
Albert 'Scooter' Vertino rises to senior producer at NBA Digital 
Janelle Nanos becomes special projects editor at NatGeo Traveler 
Roxanne Austin becomes president and CEO at Move Networks 
Steven Van Roeke becomes managing director of the FCC 
Dick Tracy joins Weigel Broadcasting


Wednesday, Juy 15, 2009

People
Russell Brand hosting MTV Awards 
The controversial British comedian will return for a second
straight year on the Sept. 13 show Lindsay Weedon becomes UK CEO at Maxus 
Robin Raff becomes director of strategy at ECI Healthcare 
David Rowley becomes EVP of sales at Health Club Media Network 
Doug Jehl becomes foreign editor at The Washington Post 
Courtney Quinn Roberts becomes NW account manager at Prevention 
Don Ohlmeyer becomes ombudsman at ESPN 
Hilary Smith rises at NBC Universal 
Joanna Bober joins InStyle as Life Etc. director 
Kim Hart becomes a reporter at The Hill 
Carl Reiner and Gilbert Gottfried among Joan Rivers' roasters

People
Margaret Loesch leading Discovery/Hasbro network 
She becomes president and CEO of the kids' channel,
set to launch in fall 2010 Ron Bess rises to NA president at Euro RSCG 
Doug Fox becomes business development director at Mercury Media 
Jason Yau becomes senior digital developer at 72andSunny 
Dominic Schmitt becomes VP of business development at Adtuitive 
Sophie Raptis becomes publisher of WSJ 
Rebecca L. Fox becomes editorial development director at Daily Beast 
Derek Webster becomes managing editor at Reader's Digest Canada 
Murdoch Davis becomes executive editor of the Toronto Star 
Sarah Carter joins CBS's 'CSI: NY' 
Tori Spelling guest hosting NBC's 'Today'

Monday, July 27, 2009

People
Dominic Monaghan joins 'FlashForward' 
The former 'Lost' actor will appear on the new ABC drama
when it premieres on Sept. 24
Amy Schuman becomes associate brand group director at Horizon Media 
Terry Kent becomes GM of TNS Media North America 
Izzie Pick rises to VP of programming at BBC Worldwide Productions 
Scott Kirkpatrick becomes director of sales at Bennett Media Worldwide 
PBS chief content officer John Boland retiring 
Leslie Price becomes online editor at Lucky 
Liz Plonka directing 'The Jay Leno Show' 
Poornima Gupta becomes clean technology reporter at Reuters 
Candace Bushnell working on new web series 
Warren E. Buffett gets animated web series

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

People
Guy Hayward becomes CEO of JWT UK 
He joins the agency from 180 Amsterdam, where he was
a co-founder and partner
Six join interactive marketing agency BGT Partners 
Cindy Panchula becomes VP of finance at Brand.net 
Valerie Schaer becomes EVP of creative development at Harpo 
Robert Priest becomes interim design director at O, The Oprah Magazine 
Eric Benitez rises to VP of operations at CABLEready 
Gary Mitchell becomes Euro business development director at NATPE 
Richard Rushfield becomes West Coast editor at Gawker 
Hank Stuever becomes TV critic at The Washington Post 
Mandy Clark becomes a digital journalist at CBS News 
Steven Selikoff becomes VP of series development at RHI Entertainment


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

People
'Joy Behar Show' premiering Sept. 28 
'The View' co-host's new HLN talk show will air seven
nights a week
Janet Balis becomes EVP of media sales at MSLO 
Barry Jacobs becomes vice president at Mercury Media 
Joel Kaplan becomes senior writer at Pereira & O'Dell 
Karin Tracy becomes associate publisher at InStyle 
Stephane Panier rises to head of global operations at Bebo 
Reggie Williams becomes SVP of music strategy at BET 
Kevin Mohs and Wayne Sampson join Discovery Channel 
Timothy Devito rises to area sales manager at Comcast Spotlight 
Gene De Libero becomes director of digital at BBC Worldwide Americas 
Bonnier VP of group publishing Chris Allen leaves

Thursday, July 30, 2009

People
Amy Poehler returning to 'Weekend Update' 
The former 'SNL' star will appear on two Thursday 'Update'
episodes early this fall Scott Donaton becomes president and CEO of Interpublic's Ensemble 
Roni Selig becomes senior executive producer at CNN 
Caroline Schaefer becomes executive editor at Us Weekly 
Andrew Plotkin becomes SVP of original programming at Syfy 
Jenna Briand becomes digital editorial director at NBC Local Media 
Stephen George becomes editor in chief at The Saturday Evening Post 
Dr. Timothy Johnson rises at and Dr. Richard Besser joins ABC News 
Judge Kara DioGuardi returning to Fox's 'American Idol' 
Jeremy Piven hosting WWE 'Monday Night Raw' 
Franka Potente guesting on Fox's 'House'

People
Shaquille O'Neal gets reality show 
The NBA great will take on other athletes in their sports
on the new ABC program Jason Choi joins and Shane Park rises at Cheil Worldwide 
Thomas Mancusi and Erik Carlson join Katz 360 Sales 
Ted Cahall rises to CTO at AOL 
Michael Kelly becomes CEO at The Weather Channel 
Bill Stephen becomes VP of global ad sales at AccuWeather 
Evanly Shindler becomes president at Interview magazine 
Tim Peterman becomes COO at Synacor 
Ellah Allfrey becomes deputy editor at Granta 
Elizabeth Thorpe becomes a blogger at MomLogic.com 
Walter Cronkite will still be heard on CBS

People
Taco Bell Chihuahua dies at 15
The famed 'Yo quiero Taco Bell' dog suffered a fatal
stroke Tuesday night
Gareth Kay becomes digital director at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Julie Piepenkotter becomes SVP of research at FX
Anne Mullen rises to SVP of creative strategy at Nickelodeon
Christopher Moser rises to UK managing director at MySpace
Mike Love becomes senior director of urban programming at Citadel
Garry McGuire becomes CEO at Danoo
Diego Barrow becomes UK sales rep at Minicom Digital Signage
Gary Lacinski becomes ad sales executive at The Village Voice
Adrian Uribarri becomes staff writer at the Chi-Town Daily News
Shannon Levy becomes beauty director at TheLookBook.com

Monday, August 03, 2009

People
Charlie Rutman joins IndoorDirect
The former president of Carat USA and MPG chief executive
officer will serve on the board Adam Kanzer becomes creative director at DDB New Zealand
Mary Wai-Han Choy becomes managing director at Doremus Hong Kong
Donna Wiffen and Sarah Hoeflich join FremantleMedia
Guy Raz becomes host of NPR's 'Weekend All Things Considered'
LisaRaye developing reality series for TV One
Mario Van Peebles starring in TV One reality series
PepsiCo marketing chief Dave Burwick resigns
Suspect arrested in Daniel Pearl beheading case
Five 'Futurama' voice actors sign new deal
'Hammertime's' Marvin Grant accused of rape

People
Greg Meidel becomes Twentieth Television president 
He'll also continue his role as president of MyNetworkTV
Brittany Hodak becomes account supervisor at Fathom Communications 
Richard Simms becomes SVP and managing director at Horizon Media 
Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou joins Harper's Bazaar UK 
Laura Danford Mandel rises to SVP of publicity at Telepictures 
NYT communications chief Catherine J. Mathis leaving 
Scott McKibben, John O'Loughlin and Dawn Girocco rise at LA Times 
Michael Winter becomes VP of TV production at Boy Wonder 
Nancy LeMoine becomes account executive at Parade magazine 
Danielle Claro becomes editor at large at Real Simple 
John Yang becomes general assignment reporter at NBC

People
Kim Kardashian guesting on 'Top Model' 
She'll judge an episode, as will Lauren Conrad,
Chanel Iman and Josie Maran
Mona Downey becomes director of strategic planning at ISM 
Tony Kalathara and Fabian Grateroles join Toy New York 
Chris Kilcullen becomes digital creative director at Boxing Clever 
Amber J. Lawson becomes comedy channel publisher at Babelgum 
McHenry T. Tichenor Jr. elected to Belo's board 
Stacey Escudero rises to VP of public relations at MSG Sports 
Travis Nichols joins HLN's 'Morning Express with Robin Meade' 
Joe Posnanski becomes senior writer at Sports Illustrated 
Thalia Assuras out at CBS News 
'Criminal Minds' star Shemar Moore breaks his leg

People
It's a boy for Elisabeth Hasselbeck 
'The View' co-host had her third child, Isaiah Timothy,
yesterday afternoon Jack Klunder becomes publisher of LA Daily News 
Terresa Zimmerman becomes strategy director at Siegel+Gale 
Shannon Light becomes senior account strategy director at Catalyst:SF 
Dean Thompson becomes SVP at PCI Communications 
Bruce Morris becomes EVP and managing director at SourceMedia 
Emily Smith becomes deputy Page Six editor at the New York Post 
St. Louis Post-Dispatch managing editor Pam Maples resigns 
Joseph Guerriero becomes VP and group publisher at Eagle Publishing 
Campbell Robertson becomes Southern reporter at NYT 
Jon Gosselin appearing on E! tonight

People
The word: Simon Cowell re-ups with 'Idol'
The deal will keep him on the reality competition for at
least three more seasons Sean Crawford becomes senior director of strategy at Tribal Fusion
Paul Banham becomes digital creative director at JWT London
Brian Born and Chuck Meehan becomes CDs at Doner
Erik Reponen becomes interactive creative director at Digital Kitchen
Five rise to creative directors at Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Robert Michael Murray becomes VP of social media at NGDM
Anna Gecan rises to VP of original programming at HGTV
Dean Ornish becomes medical editor at The Huffington Post
Glen Kushner becomes VP of sales at OpenAmplify
James Sura becomes VP and GM at TouchTunes' PlayPorTT

People
Robert Yallen rises to Inter/Media Group CEO 
He takes over after 10 years as president and chief
operating officer Marian Salzman becomes president of North American PR at EuroRSCG 
Sean Girardin becomes group planning director at mcgarrybowen 
Todd Taplin becomes CRO at Collective Media 
Antonio Alonso rises to CEO at CBS Outdoor International 
Paul Curtis becomes commercial strategy VP at NBCU Global Networks 
Carol Campbell Boggs becomes SVP and CRO at PGA 
W. Don Cornwell leaving as CEO of Granite Broadcasting 
Kate Aurthur becomes East Coast editor at the Daily Beast 
Alex Keighley rises to VP of U.S. sales at Bitcentral 
Ernie Hudson joins the cast of NBC's 'Heroes'

Monday, August 17, 2009

People
Cesar Conde becomes Univision president 
He'll also become chief operating officer, replacing
Ray Rodriguez
Mark Suarez becomes senior account executive at Moroch Partners 
Andrew Hay rises to filing editor at Reuters 
Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove appearing on 'Family Guy' 
Kelly Clarkson and LeBron James appearing on 'Get Schooled' 
Anne Dudek joins USA's 'Covert Affairs' 
Dave Franco joins the cast of ABC's 'Scrubs' 
Patton Oswalt joins Syfy's 'Caprica' 
Mary J. Blige guest judging on Fox's 'American Idol' 
Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl gets TV show 
Steve Harvey joins ABC's 'Good Morning America'

People
Tom DeLay appearing on 'Dancing with the Stars' 
The former Republican congressman heads the list of
competitors, revealed yesterday
Patricia Kelpie becomes director of strategic development at Revolucion 
Mark Yesayian becomes managing partner at Mediaedge:cia 
Lisa Leingang becomes SVP of original programming at Comedy Central 
Kimberly Philo becomes VP of media advertising at CBS TV Distribution 
Sara Kozak rises to VP of production at Discovery Emerging Networks 
Jennifer Barendrecht rises to Western VP at Turner Sports Ad Sales 
Kimberly Maki becomes VP of corporate communications at Bright House 
GQ's Andy Ward becomes executive editor at Random House 
Daljit Dhaliwal becomes anchor on PBS's 'Worldfocus' 
John Lynch, Trent Green and Charles Davis join Fox's NFL coverage

People
Richard Hatch back in jail 
The former 'Survivor' winner was arrested yesterday following
an interview on 'Today'
Thom Gruhler rises to president at McCann Erickson NY 
Cynthia Rogers becomes chief client officer at Definition 6 
Andy Hunn becomes VP of partnerships at Eclipse Marketing Services 
Alycia Lane becomes weekend anchor at KNBC Los Angeles 
Veronica Hart and John Van Citters rise at CBS Consumer Products 
Ken Ripley becomes EVP of ad sales at Current Media 
John O'Neill becomes director of ad sales at NHL Network 
Steve Coffey becomes Online Quality Research Council co-chair 
John H. Arundel becomes associate publisher at Washington Life 
Dan Colarusso becomes U.S. TV managing editor at BloombergTV

People
Whitney Houston appearing on 'Oprah' 
The singer will sit down for her first major TV interview
since 2002
Adam Komack becomes group account director at MediaCom 
Christian Arens becomes partner at Catalyst:SF 
Anthony Risicato becomes CEO at Mobile Commons 
Glenn Rosenbloom becomes VP at ESPN Rise 
John Cherwa becomes deputy sports editor at the Los Angeles Times 
Christine Bertelson retires as features editor at the St. Louis P-D 
Jeff Winn and John D'Incecco become senior directors at ABC News 
'My Name Is Earl' producer Bobby Bowman working on Fox project 
Nick Zano joins ABC's 'Cougar Town' 
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau joins the cast of HBO's 'Game of Thrones'

People
Megan Fox hosting 'Saturday Night Live' 
The 'Transformers' actress will host the NBC sketch comedy
show's 35th season opener Wenda Harris Millard becomes a consultant at MySpace 
Karen Braxton becomes ad sales partner at Dirextion 
Tom Watson becomes deputy editor at The Daily Beast 
Sam Dolnick becomes Metro reporter at The New York Times 
Paul Katz becomes web editor at Details 
Jack Chang becomes chief staff writer at the Sacramento Bee 
Mary Pelloni signs development deal with WE tv 
Joe Higgins becomes director of sales at World Fishing Network 
Ben Maller gets Fox Sports Radio show 
Hiroyuki Sanada joins ABC's 'Lost'

People
Alec Baldwin: 'I'm not running for Senate' 
The '30 Rock' actor says he has no plans to challenge
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman Ben Arno becomes VP of engagement management at Organic 
Michael Birkin becomes partner at RPMC 
Matt Meeks rises to director of B/HI Buzz at Bender/Helper Impact 
Jessica Clifton rises to account director at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners 
Philippe Paget becomes worldwide CEO at AdForum.com 
Tina Newman becomes fashion and beauty sales director at Time Inc. 
Gavin Harvey becomes general manager at Fuse 
Robin Faller among three promoted at Cox Radio 
Rose Palazzolo becomes homepage editor at Newsweek.com 
Kevin Bennett rises to VP of programming at Investigation Discovery

People
Jack Ingram sets 24-hour interview record 
The country singer gave 215 radio interviews while
promoting his new album
Jamie Wark becomes COO at LeadDog Marketing Group 
Erik Vervroegen becomes CD at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners 
Theresa Howard becomes a copywriter at Crispin Porter + Bogusky 
Steven Gellman becomes publisher at LA, Los Angeles Times Magazine 
Dominic Mohan rises to editor of The Sun 
Fernando Gaston rises to SVP of creative at MTV/VH1 Latin America 
Cree Lawson and Brian Silver rise at Travel Ad Network 
C.J. Singh becomes VP of product and engineering at Synacor 
Katelyn Belyus becomes fulfillment manager at The Nation 
Erika Shoup becomes sales account executive at Associated Content

People
Rod Blagojevich appearing on 'The View' 
The disgraced former Illinois governor will appear with
wife Patti on Sept. 9 Julie Liss becomes chief strategy officer at Hal Riney 
Doug Rohrer becomes CRO at Buzz Media 
Arthur Minson becomes CFO at AOL 
Denise O'Donoghue becomes a president at NBCU International 
Carrie Wick becomes West Coast features editor at Life & Style 
Christine Bibbo Herr becomes fashion director at Good Housekeeping 
Amelia Lester becomes managing editor at The New Yorker 
Peter Villapol and Eric Hanson join 'Street Court' 
'Spider-Man' director Sam Raimi signs Sony Pictures TV deal 
Chris Brown appearing on CNN's 'Larry King Live'

People
DJ AM dies at age 36 
His unexpected passing has caused uncertainty about his
upcoming MTV show, 'Gone Too Far'
Troy Ruhanen rises to North America deputy chairman at BBDO 
Chris Lawrence becomes director of client services at Colle + McVoy 
Kieran Jason Hackett becomes SVP of brand activation at CBX 
Mary Chris McKnight rises to marketing manager at GREAT! 
Michael Szczechura becomes ad sales partner at Dirextion 
CBS correspondent Cami McCormick injured in Afghanistan 
Jenna Bush Hager joins NBC's 'Today' 
Stevie Wonder guesting on 'The Brian McKnight Show' 
Matthew Levy joins Fox's 'Sons of Tucson' 
Jesse Williams joins ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy'

People
Michael Irvin joins NFL Network 
The former Dallas Cowboy will work as an analyst on
the network's 'NFL GameDay' Paul Sewards becomes managing director at Barker/DZP 
Robin Raff becomes director of strategy at Expert Communications 
Becca Weigman rises to CMO at RAPP U.S. 
Inge Van Herle rises to SVP at NBCU Domestic TV Distribution 
Kathy Henry becomes audience development director at Crain 
Stuart Leavenworth rises to editorial page editor at the Sacramento Bee 
Alexandra Postman becomes editor in chief of Body + Soul 
Todd Green becomes VP of strategic partnerships at Tribeca Enterprises 
Whit Johnson becomes correspondent at CBS Newspath 
Brian Georgi becomes VP of advertising sales at TouchTunes

People
Jerry Springer heads to Vegas 
There he'll host a live version of NBC's talent
competition 'America's Got Talent' Glen Fellman rises to group creative director at McKinney 
Curt Doty becomes EVP of advanced content at Trailer Park 
Susanne Smith McAvoy rises to SVP of marketing at Hallmark Channel 
Martin F. Reidy becomes president of Meredith Integrated Marketing 
Jonathan Shair rises to SVP of network operations at Starz 
Corii Berg becomes SEVP of business affairs at Sony Pictures TV 
John McMahon becomes European managing director at SPHE 
Nicholas Wodtke becomes VP of strategy at Disney-ABC International TV 
Romina Rosado becomes executive producer at USMagazine.com 
Philip Armour becomes editor in chief at American Cowboy

People
Tony Blair guesting on 'The Late Show' 
The former British prime minister will make his first appearance
on the show next week Susan Credle becomes chief creative officer at Leo Burnett 
Toni Hess becomes group creative director at Rosetta 
Karina Grotz becomes VP of marketing at KARMA Media Labs 
Jonathan Breiter becomes head of licensing at Public Group 
Larry Little rises to chief brand officer at Cycle World 
Tory Brody rises to director of communications at Bravo 
Peter Greenberg becomes travel editor at CBS News 
Megan Mullally joins Starz' 'Party Down' 
Katherine Heigl taking a break from 'Grey's Anatomy' 
Rick Fox joins CW's 'Melrose Place'