Industry Moves: ProQuest; Powered; TokBox; Turner Sports; Sony BMG; Peer39

ProQuest: Media exec Gordon Crovitz has joined ProQuest’s board of directors. After leaving his posts as publisher of WSJ and president of Dow Jones’ (NYSE: NWS) Consumer Media Group last December, he has been writing a weekly column for WSJ and investing in various media sites, most notably AlleyInsider and Socialmedian.

Powered: Former Pluck CMO Ken Nicolson has been appointed as Powered’s president and CEO. Before his tenure at Pluck, Nicolson was president and CEO of Veridiem. Release.

TokBox: Nika Triantos has been upped to CEO and board member from his post as VP-engineering. Prior to joining the video communication company, he was a partner at Quantum Technology Partners.

Turner Sports: Turner Sports has named CNN vet Jon Diament to replace Trish Frohman as EVP of ad sales and marketing, Sports Business Journal reports. Reporting to Turner Sports president David Levy, Diament will oversee ad sales and promotions for all the sports properties, including MLB, NBA, NASCAR and PGA. Though she has stepped down, Frohman will continue to work on special projects. Earlier this month, Bryan Perez was hired as SVP and GM of NBA Digital.

Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG: SonyBMG UK is hiring mobile media software maker Picsel

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