Silver Spring scovery Communications has announced the appointment of Luis Silberwasser to the new role of International Head of Content for Discovery Networks International (DNI), reporting to Mark Hollinger, President and CEO of the division. The International Head of Content role is being created to accelerate DNI’s ratings success across the company’s global channel [...]
MediaCom has announced that Sarah Leach has joined the agency in the newly created position of Managing Partner, Director of Strategy, MediaCom US.
In this role, Leach will oversee the development of MediaCom’s communications and strategic planning practice. She will also work in partnership with Jeff Totaro, Director of Strategy, MediaCom North America, to ensure that [...]
Vancouver :Frank Palmer, Chairman and CEO of DDB Canada, has announced that David Leonard has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of DDB Canada. He was previously President of DDB Canada’s Toronto office.
“David’s promotion recognizes his many achievements, his long-standing dedication and loyalty to DDB, as well as his important role in [...]
New York :Award-winning broadcast journalist, Ed Gordon will make his return to BET Networks’ news division. Gordon, a well seasoned anchor, reporter, interviewer, radio host and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster will join the network for a variety of news programs and specials. Gordon’s return bolsters the news division’s roaster which includes correspondents Jeff Johnson, Andre Showell [...]
New York :The New York Times Company has announced that it has named Robert H. Christie to the post of senior vice president of corporate communications. He is charged with the planning, development and implementation of the Company’s internal and external communications strategies. Mr. Christie will serve as a member of the Company’s senior management [...]
New York DB Worldwide’s Matt Ross, Matt Oxley and Andreas Dahlqvist have been named to the “The Creativity 50,” the annual compilation from Creativity and Advertising Age featuring the people and companies that have had the biggest impact across the creative culture landscape.
The fifth annual “Creativity 50″ spotlights tech pioneers, film directors, musicians, creative [...]
New York : COMEDY CENTRAL has promoted David Bernath to executive vice president, program strategy and multiplatform programming, it was announced by Michele Ganeless, president of the network, to whom he reports. Bernath is based in the network’s New York City office and was formerly senior vice president. In this position, Bernath will continue to [...]
Reston :comScore, Inc. has announced that Joan FitzGerald has joined the company as vice president, television sales and business development. Ms. FitzGerald will be responsible for establishing relationships with data providers and clients in the television arena and overseeing the expansion of comScore’s suite of digital measurement products to include the measurement of television viewing. [...]
Los Angeles : Julian Hills, a highly regarded creative executive within the advertising community, has joined Eclipse Advertising as Chief Creative Officer.
Hills brings more than 15 years’ experience creating cutting-edge advertising campaigns for major motion pictures, video games, and other entertainment properties. He joins Eclipse from The Ant Farm, where he founded the print division [...]
San Francisco :EE Times Group, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry’s decision makers, today announced that Linda Uslaner has rejoined the company as Marketing Director. In this position, Uslaner will be responsible for implementing marketing programs and creating innovative business solutions for the electronics [...]