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Feb. 25, 2005
Cochran joins Aurora Prods.
film/video
Eryl Cochran has joined Aurora Prods. as vp development and production. Cochran previously worked in development at Wolf Films. ... Chuck Speed has been named vp business development and production at Mindfire Entertainment. He is a former Warner Bros. executive and industry consultant.
allied
Robert Martin has joined UniqueScreen Media as president. He joins the company after serving as chief operating officer of Movie Tunes and president of National Cinema Network. ... Media sales executive Matt Wasserlauf has announced the launch of Broadband Enterprises. Wasserlauf will serve as president and CEO. ... Endless Noise has signed Ellen Knable to serve as its West Coast rep. Among her clients are Fabrication Films and MWP Editorial. ... DIC Entertainment has named Janet Kirker vp and executive producer of Trollz.com. Kirker was executive vp interactive at the Cimarron Group. ... Buzztime Entertainment has named Michele Richards vp technology and operations. Richards was president and chief technology officer for eBet. ... Beasley Broadcast Group has promoted Heather Monahan to the newly created position of vp sales. She had been director of local sales for Beasley's five-station cluster in Fort Myers, Fla.
music
Imagenet expands into music with the appointment of Vince Bannon to executive vp worldwide music and Kumi Shimamoto to vp business development. Bannon most recently was vp artist development at Redline Entertainment. Shimamoto joins Imagenet's North American office from the Tokyo office, where she introduced the image.net service as the Japanese country manager. ... Jeff Burroughs has been named senior vp urban marketing for Arista/J Records. He previously ran his own management and production company, Rise Entertainment. ... Universal Music Publishing Group has appointment Kevin McManus to senior director of creative affairs, East Coast. Before joining UMPG, he ran his own management company.
television
Outdoor Life Network has promoted Pam Jensen to vp national affiliate sales operations, and Victoria Quoss has joined the company as vp acquisitions and scheduling. Jensen was vp affiliate sales at Intronet. Quoss was director of programming, acquisitions and development at Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network. ... Univision Communications has named Bill Jenkins local sales manager for KFTR-TV Telefutura 46, Telefutura's flagship station in Los Angeles. He most recently was vp and general manager for Radio Unica. ... Amanda MacKay is jumping into the anchor chair on "Pulse," G4 TechTV's weekly news series. She is a former VJ for MTV Canada. ... here! TV has promoted Meredith Kadlec to vp development and Dan Gelfand to vp promotional marketing and named Stephen Macias vp publicity. Kadlec most recently was director of development. Gelfand was owner and partner of GO Marketing, with clients including HBO and Paramount Pictures. Macias had been entertainment media director for GLAAD. ... Concepcion Lara has joined Ventura Entertainment's Studio Latino as senior vp business development and marketing. Lara had been a consultant at the company since 2003. ... Branko Cakarmis has been named general director of Nova TV, Croatia's first independent TV network. He directed Planeta, the multimedia portal of Slovenia's leading mobile operator, Mobitel. ... Gospel Music Channel has named Alvin Williams director of promotion and affinity marketing. He most recently worked as director of Music World Gospel.
Feb. 23, 2005
Ogilvie named marketing manager at Docurama
film/video
Docurama has named Liz Ogilvie marketing manager and Erick Opeka marketing coordinator. Ogilvie had been managing editor of Filmmaker magazine, and Opeka worked for the membership program at Madstone Theaters.
allied
PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed Randal Vallen media and technology practice leader at Southern California Assurance and Entertainment. Vallen was the office managing partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Arizona and Nevada offices for the past 10 years. ... David Reisman has been named vice chairman of RIOT Media and president of RIOT Media Licensing. He was U.S. associate general counsel at Rabobank International. ... Hayley Sumner has been named senior vp at Fleishman-Hillard Los Angeles. She founded and directed the Hayley Sumner Co. management and PR firm. ... Nicole DeSonier has been named Scripps Networks' sales manager for the Western region. She most recently was senior account executive at Discovery Networks.
music
Jennifer Blakeman has been named vp creative at Zomba Music Publishing. She was creative executive at Universal Music Publishing. ... Jay Wilson has been appointed senior director of publicity at Universal Records. He was director of publicity at Universal Records and Warner Bros. Records. ... Randy Franklin has been named vp urban promotion at J/Arista Records. He had been president of his own consulting firm, RF Entertainment, working with record labels. ... Shakir Stewart has been appointed vp A&R at Island Def Jam Music Group. Stewart had been senior vp and general manager at Hitco Publishing.
television
Jay McNamara has been promoted to senior vp sales strategy and development at NBC Universal Television Distribution. He was promoted from vp sales strategy and development. ... King World Prods. has announced the following promotions: Bob Cole to vp Eastern sales; Steve Hackett and John Holdridge to senior vp regional sales managers; and Lucy Denny-Gardner to vp creative services finance and special projects. Cole had been an account executive since 2001. Hackett most recently was vp regional sales manager, and Holdridge most recently was vp Southeast sales. Denny-Gardner had been circulation analyst at Bon Appetit magazine. ... Robin Mesger has been promoted to senior vp at the Lippin Group. Mesger joined the firm in 1999 as a senior account executive and oversaw the launch of Spike TV's adult animation series. ... Full Circle Entertainment has named Julie Kantrowitz chief marketing officer. Most recently, she was the chief operating officer of AOL Time Warner's Global Marketing Solutions Group. ... Joanne Modlin has been named vp research at Twentieth Television. She most recently was vp program research at Sci Fi Channel. ... Steven J. Voci has been appointed vp sales at Ripe Digital Entertainment. He was head of business development at Zentropy Inc. with Ripe's co-founders. ... Nina Diaz and Marshall Eisen have been promoted to vp at MTV News & Docs, and Lauren Lazin will produce and direct projects for the division as well as VH1 and other parts of the Viacom family. Diaz has been with MTV News & Docs for nearly 10 years, working on "Fight for Your Rights" and "Think Positive" among other projects. Eisen has been at the division since 2000 and oversaw the "True Life" series. Lazin joined MTV in 1987; she created "Sex in the '90s" and oversaw "Uncensored."
Feb. 17, 2005
Axthelm named director of ANIMAX
film/video
Stephen Axthelm has been named director of marketing at ANIMAX. Axthelm comes to ANIMAX from running his own Connecticut-based consultancy for companies in the advertising and marketing field. He was managing director of Crossroads Television, the creative services and broadcast promotion arm of commercial production house Crossroads Films.
allied
ASCAP has promoted Pamela Allen to director of film and television music in the membership group. She was associate director of film and television music. ... Media Distributors, having acquired its former competitor Shortenz of Hollywood, has named Erica Villafane film associate. Villafane had been an owner of Shortenz since 2001. ... The DVD Audio Council has named Bradford Auerbach executive director. Before joining the council, Auerbach was consulting to a host of media companies, including Warner Music Group. ... The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences has named Ron Roecker vp communications. Roecker was vp brand marketing and creative strategy at Ketchum Los Angeles. ... Jean Lemmey has been appointed director of retail development, promotions and broadcast relations at HIT Entertainment. Lemmey most recently worked at Hasbro.
music
Dominic Pandiscia has been promoted to vp sales at Virgin Records. He was senior national sales director since 2001. ... Razor & Tie has appointed Tony Bruno senior director of sales. Bruno joins the company from Wind-up Records, where he most recently was senior vp marketing. ... Universal Motown Records Group has promoted Frank Arigo to West Coast sales manager. Arigo was an artist development representative for Universal Motown, working with artists including Brian McKnight, 3 Doors Down and India.Arie. ... EMI Music Marketing has appointed Jennifer Ballantyne to director media and marketing. Before EMM, Ballantyne was director of publicity at MCA Records. ... Heath Kudler has been promoted to vp business and legal affairs at Island Def Jam Music Group. He was senior director of business and legal affairs at the company since June 2001.
television
Hallmark Channel has promoted Sean McCreary to vp creative services and Leslie Len to director of creative services. McCreary was director of creative services and began his career at the channel as a senior producer. Len was senior manager of on-air promotion and creative services. ... Suzanne Norman has been promoted to vp finance at CMT. She was director of finance since 2001. CMT also has promoted Sarah Brock to vp production from director of program development and production. ... Sandra Murillo Weber has joined Turner Entertainment Networks to head outreach efforts to multicultural consumers, marketers and the creative community. She previously worked at Comcast Spotlight in Miami as director of ad sales. ... Allan Butler has been named executive producer at the Science Channel. Butler worked for the Science Channel on a contract basis as a writer, producer, supervising producer and executive producer on series and specials. ... ImaginAsian TV has appointed Rene Encarnacion to vp finance. Encarnacion was managing director of ABS-CBN Global Ltd. ... mtvU has named Ross Martin vp programming. Martin joins mtvU after launching film and TV production company Plant Film. Martin also launched the feature film and television divisions of Nerve.com.
Jan. 18, 2005
Cleary promoted at IFTA
Susan Cleary has been promoted to vp and general counsel of the Independent Film & Television Alliance, and Reny Montesinos has been upped to manager of IFTA Collections (formerly AFMA Collections). ... Roger Henry has been named vp programming at the Science Channel. He was director of programming at Discovery Health Channel. ... Phil Blume has been named vp sales and marketing at Silverline Records, a division of the 5.1 Entertainment Group. Blume was vp sales and distribution at Priority Records.
allied
Genius Products Inc. has added four industry veterans -- Peter Schlessel, Charles Rivkin, Michael Koss and Alexander L. Cappello -- to its board of directors. Schlessel was president and president of production at Columbia Pictures from 2000-04. Rivkin most recently was president and CEO of the Jim Henson Co. Koss is president and CEO of Koss Corp. Cappello is founder, chairman and CEO of the Cappello Group. ... Games Media Properties has named Jordan Rothstein vp marketing. He worked for companies like Miramax, developing Academy Award marketing and publicity campaigns.
music
Jim Nothwehr has been named regional sales manager of video at KOCH Entertainment Distribution. Nothwehr, a 30-year sales veteran, has an extensive career in both the music and video industries. He has been director of national accounts at Anchor Bay Entertainment for the past 12 years. ... EMI's Jazz & Classics Group has appointed Michele Singer to senior vp legal and business affairs and Zach Hochkeppel to vp marketing for its Blue Note, Angel and Manhattan labels. J.R. Rich has been promoted to vp publicity for the group. Singer was vp legal and business affairs at EMI Music North America. Hochkeppel had been director of marketing at Blue Note. Rich has managed media campaigns for such Blue Note artists as Lena Horne, Cassandra Wilson, Norah Jones and Van Morrison. ... Paul Zollo has been named senior editor of the recently reborn American Songwriter magazine. Zollo is the former editor of SongTalk. ... Adina Pitt has been named vp acquisitions at Nickelodeon. She was promoted from director of acquisitions. Before joining Nickelodeon in 1998, Pitt worked in film programming acquisitions at HBO. ... Jeff Green has been appointed executive director at the Americana Music Assn. Green had been executive editor at Radio & Records since January 2002. ... StubHub.com has appointed Anthony Rodio to vp marketing. Rodio was senior director of brand and communications at the MSN division of Microsoft.
television
Banyan Prods. has named Andrew Scher series executive producer for its series "Design Invasion." He was senior supervising producer on "The John Walsh Show." ... Erika Faust has joined Court TV as senior director of business development in the strategy and business development department. Before Court TV, Faust was vp marketing and distribution at iVillage. ... Full Circle Entertainment has named Susan Claxton producer/program manager. Claxton was coordinating producer for Michael Davies for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and was segment producer for the Oxygen Media show "Trackers." ... GSN has appointed Ann Maron director of business and legal affairs. Before joining GSN, Maron was an associate with the law firm of Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton.
Jan. 14, 2005
Morden moves to Movie Tunes
film/video
Darryl Morden has been named producer of Movie Tunes Llc. He will oversee the company's audio and video in cinema chains nationwide. Morden is a longtime music reviewer and feature writer at The Hollywood Reporter and also has contributed to Grammy magazine, Country Weekly and Westwood One Radio Networks.
music
Joel Klaiman has been appointed executive vp promotion at Epic Records. He had been senior vp promotion since 2001. He joined the company in 1996 as vp alternative music at 550 Music. ... Allison Hagendorf has been named associate director of writer/publisher relations at SESAC. Hagendorf comes to SESAC from Columbia Records, where she worked in A&R. ... Howard Burkat has joined Faith & Values Media as marketing director. Most recently, he worked at Cablevision as a founder and marketing director for a pay TV service for 66 million American Catholics. ... Noah Sheer has been promoted to senior director of rhythm/crossover and promotion at Island Def Jam Music Group. Sheer was regional manager of Internet marketing and promotion since 2000. ... Juan Madrid has been named associate director of writer-publisher relations in Los Angeles at BMI. Before joining BMI, Madrid worked in A&R at BMG Music Publishing.
allied
Shepley Winings Public Relations has named Hope Diamond partner. Diamond joined Shepley Winings as a senior account executive in July 1996 and was promoted to vp in 2001. ... Crown Media Holding has promoted Leslie Park to vp legal and business affairs. Park was the corporate legal counsel of Atari Inc. ... Schwartzman & Associates has named Hillary Smoot vp. Smoot was an executive in charge of public relations at the Tropicana Resort & Casino and Planet Hollywood's Official All Star Cafe. She also was a public relations executive at Luxor Las Vegas. ... James Spottiswoode has been named chief statistician of West Coast at Nielsen Entertainment in addition to his role as executive vp at Nielsen NRG. Most recently, Spottiswoode created a formula for estimating admissions that was central to the EDI/NMR Cinema Audience Measurement product. ... ASCAP has promoted Pauline Stack to manager of public relations. Stack was publicity coordinator.
television
Sony Pictures Television research executive James Petretti has been named vp advertiser sales research and planning. Petretti was vp television research. ... Pauline Bohm has been named to the newly created post of vp international marketing at NBC Universal Television Distribution. Bohm joins NBC Universal after serving as a marketing consultant to myriad entertainment industry clients in the television and music arenas. ... Gospel Music Channel has appointed Jerry Williams as its first director of programming, scheduling and acquisitions. Williams was program director at J93.3 in Atlanta, where he had been since 1998. ... Sheila Rosenbaum has joined Telepictures Productions as vp programming. Rosenbaum most was vp development at Universal Domestic Television. ... Lifetime Entertainment Services has named Frank DeRose vp scheduling and acquisitions. DeRose joins Lifetime from USA Network, where he spent 17 years, most recently as vp program scheduling.
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