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People on the Move

Federated Media Publishing, a digital media ad sales rep firm that helps advertisers and marketers reach consumers on targeted blogs and websites, has named Deanna Brown as its president and COO.  Prior to Federated Media, Brown served as the president at Scripps Networks Digital, and also held vice president and general manager titles at Yahoo [...]

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The new hires bring appssavvy’s employee base to more than 25 employees, which is a number that has tripled year-over-year.
In addition to their employee growth, founder and CEO of appssavvy, Chris Cunningham, also announced that they have recently surpassed 100 social media application campaigns involving major brands representing every major advertising category, including automotive, beer [...]

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Burst Media has announced today the promotion of Chuck Moran to the position of CMO.  Mr. Moran joined Burst in 2001 as Market Research Manager and has since advanced to VP of Marketing.
Burst Media’s President and CEO, Jarvis Coffin said, “Chuck’s extensive industry knowledge and experience has played a vital role in our success over [...]

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MedaiWhiz has announced that they have added to its management team and client service offering with the appointment of Gerry Bavaro and Mitch Tuch.
Gerry Bavaro will be the SVP, General Manger of Search Marketing services, which he will oversee and promote the growth of MediaWhiz’s search engine and marketing products and services.
Mitch Tuch will be [...]

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Lotame recently hired Jody Salamirad as their Director of West Coast Sales.  Previously Salamirad was at Glam Media in LA, where she was the National Entertainment Director since 2007, and Southwest Style Director since January 2009 overseeing the L.A. region. Prior to Glam, Ms. Salamirad was Director of West Coast Sales for IZEA (formerly PayPerPost), [...]

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According iMedia Connection, Michael Gable, director of West Coast sales for AudienceScience, passed away this past Thursday at age 38. He leaves behind his wife, Michelle, and two children.
“Michael was a good friend, a wonderful colleague, and a magnificent person,” said Jeff Hirsch, president and CEO of AudienceScience.
A memorial fund has been set up in [...]

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Double Fusion, an in-game advertising network, has hired Derek J. Ruff, 38, as senior vice president of advertising sales for North American and European markets.  He was most recently the senior director of agency relationships at SocialMedia Networks.

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DoubleVerify, the online media verification solutiosn provider, has hired Miles Dennison, 38 years old, as the senior vice president of sales, a newly created position.  He was formerly vice president of sales at Tremor Media.

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Josh Wetzel, 34, joined the ad revenue optimization company as vice president of publisher services. He was formerly director, partner team, distributed commerce group, at eBay.

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The Huffington Post has hired former Yahoo and AOL ad executive Greg Coleman as president and chief revenue officer.  Coleman was head of advertising at Yahoo for seven years before leaving for AOL to run its Platform-A division.  Coleman was instrumental in helping Yahoo develop its business model in 2001, and says its his “comfort [...]

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