– Fox Interactive Media: FIM has appointed Charlie Barrett as SVP-sales for IGN Entertainment. He will head up sales for IGN.com, GameSpy, Direct2Drive, RottenTomatoes and AskMen, among others. Prior to this, Barrett was VP of sales for CNET Networks, where he managed Gamespot.com, TV.com and Webshots.com.
— LAT Media Group: A “significant restructuring” of the advertising and marketing department’s senior management teams. Changes include:
—- Tim Young joins as VP-sales development and innovation, charged with “repositioning advertising sales processes and behavior” to grow market share and revenue. Young most recently was a sales exec at TW Cable and before that was at AOL.
—- Marketing vet Douglas Trueblood joins as VP-integrated marketing responsible for marketing the LAT brands across platforms and developing incremental revenue opportunities. Trueblood comes from Billboard, where he was executive director-marketing and brand development; his resume includes Gannett, The Hollywood Reporter, buy.com and Universal Studios.
— Scripps: Jody Jones is joining Scripps Networks Interactive as SVP, reporting to Interactive group president Deanna Brown. She will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Scripps Networks’ websites in the home, food and living categories. Prior to this, Jones served as VP and editorial director of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, where she was key in the re-building and re-launching of marthastewart.com.
— Geraldine Martin-Coppola, till now Yahoo
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