New York : The New York Times Company has announced that Todd C. McCarty has been named senior vice president, human resources, effective December 31. Mr. McCarty will be responsible for all human resources functions of the Company, including compensation and benefits, diversity programs, performance management, staff development and succession planning. He will report to [...]
Chicago : Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) (NYSE: PLA, PLAA) has announced the promotion of Jimmy Jellinek, editorial director of Playboy’s combined print and online content, to chief content officer. In this newly created position, Jellinek will oversee content development for all of PEI’s media properties including print, online, mobile, television, film and radio. This position [...]
Silver Spring iscovery Communications today announced the appointment of industry veteran Peter Liguori as Chief Operating Officer, reporting to President and CEO David Zaslav. He replaces Mark Hollinger, who last week assumed the role of President and CEO of Discovery Networks International. Liguori will join Discovery on January 19, 2010. Most recently, Liguori was [...]
Silver Spring, Md. : Discovery Communications has announced that Chief Operating Officer and long-time Discovery executive Mark Hollinger has been named President and CEO of Discovery Networks International. Greg Ricca, current President and CEO of Discovery Networks International, will leave the company following a period of transition.
“Mark has been my most trusted partner at Discovery. [...]
Greg Silverman has been named to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Creative Development and Production, Warner Bros. Pictures, it was announced today by Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
In his new position, effective January 1, 2010, Silverman will report to Robinov and have full oversight of Warner Bros. Pictures’ development activities [...]
New York : Tribal DDB Worldwide Chief Executive Officer Paul Gunning announced the appointment of a new U.S. management team to oversee the growth and expansion of Tribal DDB in the region.
Mike Parker rejoins Tribal DDB as Co-President, after working at Betawave and Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, sharing responsibilities with Richard Guest, who has held [...]
New York : News Corporation has announced that Gary Ginsberg, News Corporation’s Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs, will be leaving the company at the end of the year.
“Gary has been one of my most trusted and effective executives over the past decade,” Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation said. [...]
New York : The About Group, a part of The New York Times Company, announced today that it has named Jeff Moriarty senior vice president, product management, About.com and Evan Minskoff vice president, marketing, the About Group.
“We are pleased to welcome Jeff and Evan to our team and are confident that they will contribute to [...]
Los Angeles : Discovery Communications-Hasbro Joint Venture President and CEO Margaret Loesch has announced the appointment of four senior executives to the children’s television network, which is scheduled to launch in late 2010. Joining the yet-to-be named network are Amber Fredman-Tarshis as chief marketing officer, Dan Pimentel as chief financial officer, Brooke Goldstein as senior [...]
Chicago layboy Enterprises, Inc. has announced Linda G. Havard’s decision to step down as executive vice president and chief financial officer effective December 31, 2009.
Chief Executive Officer Scott Flanders said: “I respect Linda’s decision to leave, although her oversight and strategic counsel will be greatly missed. She has done an exceptional job over the [...]