CBS’s interactive/digital arm has made a senior appointment, and more proof that it is very serious on doing lots of Silicon Valley acquisitions: Michael Marquez has been named VP of strategy and corporate development. Prior to this Marquez was director of corporate development for Yahoo. CBS Interactive is the new division of CBS, which morphed out of the previous division CBS Digital after Larry Kramer left, and Quincy Smith joined as the head.
Marquez will work with Smith to help set the division’s overall strategy, as well as with Chief Development Officer Joseph Ianniello, to initiate investments and acquisitions. He will be based in San Francisco. At Yahoo, his focus was on acquisitions and investments, including Oddpost, Verdisoft, del.icio.us, Bix and Jumpcut. Before going to Yahoo, he also served as a banker at Robertson Stephens.
Also, in a related move, the CBS Television Stations Digital Media Group has appointed Sayoko Knight to the newly created position of VP, Product Management. Knight previously served as VP, Advertising Operations, for the group since August 2005. Knight and her team will be responsible for the station’s digital media product strategies from the initial conceptual stages, through prioritization, product design and execution.
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