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A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, when Richard Beaven joined Interpublic's Initiative as CEO of North American operations, the news was bad all around for the media agency', and [...]

Promotions: At Roberts Communications, Rochester, N.Y.: COLLEEN MERCHANT-SCHERBYN to acct exec; CHRISTINA DAVIDSON and SARA SCHREIBER to asst acct exec [...]

Patrick Blair from dir to vp mktg at DeLor, Louisville, [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: Disney Consumer Products, Burbank, Calif., upped Lisa Doan to vp-global brand image. Coming/going: Additions at Morgan Stanley New York: Helen Crowley, exec dir-private wealth management marketing, from Goldman [...]

As a licensing and marketing firm, Building Q pairs manufacturers with properties as diverse as Star Wars, Barbie, Coca Cola and M&Ms. Now, under the leadership of fashion veteran Terry [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: Toymaker K'nex, based in Hatfield, Pa., promoted Jay Eck from dir to vp-sales. Coming/going: Encore Group, San Diego, added Claire Nelson as vp-mktg. She was at Applause brand. [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: Nancy Weber from vp to svp-marketing/promotion at Golf Digest Co., New York...James F. Else to svp-corp sales and business development at publisher Time4 Media, New York. He was [...]

COMPANIES Coming/going: New to Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C.: Frank Sottosanti, brand executive, from Coca-Cola; Kevin Anderson, business communications, from M&M/Mars... Nicklaus Golf Equipment, West Palm Beach, Fla., hired Tony [...]

Marketing, for some people, is truly a game of chance. You take a shot at connecting with consumers based on the core attributes of your brand and how it fits [...]

With the holidays over for at least a month, visions of sugar plums and limited-edition Limoges Christmas Eggs are the last things on everyone's mind, except perhaps Jessica Weiland. The [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: At Neiman Marcus Direct, Irving, Texas: Michael Lubka to svp-Chef's Catalog/men's division; Jessica Weiland to svp-circulation/marketing. Coning/going: Newly named at Intercosmetics, NewYork: Carla Tanz, dir-mktg, from Avon; Lisa [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: Michael White to vp-sales/mktg at-Eastern Foods, Atlanta...At the Ladies Professional Golf Assn, Daytona Beach, Fla.: Karen Durkin elevated from vp-marketing to svp/chief marketing officer, Eric Albrecht to dir-marketing [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: Richard S. Sorota to svp-global marketing/sales for Philips Oral Healthcare/Optiva, Seattle, a marketer of power toothbrushes. He was at Norelco, another subsidiary of Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal [...]

Starcom's interactive maven helps clients navigate the soul of the new-media machine Certainly, one of the first things you notice upon meeting Rishad Tobaccowala, president of Starcom IP, is the [...]

The 'supernova' buyer champions print while challenging its conventions As a member of a crew that races sailboats, her favorite task is taking care of the spinnaker sheet, the line [...]

We've heard the quote dozens of times, in one form or another; if we are sports fans of any stripe: 'There is no i in team.' God only knows who [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: MacGregor Golf, Atlanta, promoted Jeff Rietveld from mgr-product development to vp-marketing/product development. AGENCIES Coming/going: Additions at Dallas-based Dave and Buster's restaurants: Chris Worthy, mktg dir. He was at [...]

COMPANIES Coming/going: J&J Snack Foods, Pennsauken, N.J., appointed Stacey R. Kaye mktg mgr. She was at the Marketing Reserve... Lesli Rotenberg, from the Animal Planet cable channel to the Public [...]

New York-based environments, a strategy consulting and implementation services firm for technology startups, named Loren Pomerantz director of its communications group. Pomerantz comes to environments from New York-based Middleberg Euro [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: At Kid Rhino, Los Angeles, Mike Engstrom upped from product mgr to dir-marketing. Coming/going: Jeannie Kedas joined MTV: Music Television as vp-MTV communications, based in New York. She [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: Taylor Made-Adidas Golf, Carlsbad, Calif., upped Seen Toulon from sr dir-equipment marketing to vp-sales/gm North America. He replaces Mike Whan, who left the company last month[ldots]Maria Kleinman to [...]

Clear Ink, a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based marketing and brand management company, announced the appointment of Keith Carsten as vice president of technology and development. Carsten will provide clients with end-to-end [...]

Anyone acquainted with Momentum Worldwide chairman Mark Dowley knows he's been on a mission over the past four years. They've all heard his stump speech about the value of an [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: At HBE, St. Louis, a company specializing in design and construction of healthcare and financial facilities, Welsey A. Morgan to vp-marketing from dir...USCO Logistics, Naugatuck, Conn., promoted Jim [...]

COMPANIES Promotions: Daniel E. Beeman from mgr to sr mgr-corporate sponsorship at Pier 39,a San Francisco waterfront tourist destination. Coming/going: Bedding marketer Serta, Itasca, Ill., named Jeff Zaffron dir-marketing services, [...]

Tom Flanagan was appointed vice president of marketing at Philadelphia-based ecommerce marketplace StarCite. Flanagan served as senior vice president of eBusiness for American International Group, New York ... Christopher Campacci [...]

NEWYORK--Alvin Schechter retired last week as chairman of Interbrand after a distinguished brandbuilding career. Founder of the Schechter Group, long-term clients included Coca-Cola, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, General Motors and BankBoston. [...]

Interactive-marketing pioneer Kevin C. Clark was named chief executive officer at digital content network Screaming Media, New York. Previously, Clark served as chairman and chief executive officer at Poppe Tyson, [...]

Ending a six month search to fill data-marketing firm Avenue A's top spot, the Seattle-based company will name Brian McAndrews to the post of chief executive officer today. McAndrews, who [...]

Just a few months after Cynthia Rogers joined Darwin Digital as its first president, the Saatchi & Saatchi interactive division said it has eliminated her position and will parcel out [...]

COMPANIES Coming/going: Karen Pitts hired as vp-marketing at Dexter Shoe, W Newton, Mass. She was at Etonic... Damon Thayer named dir-marketing for Breeders' Cup, Lexington, Ky., a new position. He [...]

As Darwin Digital's new president, Cynthia Rogers believes even packaged goods have a home in new media. Cynthia Rogers, who just inhabited the newly created president's post at Saatchi & [...]

Agency J Brown/LMC Group, Stamford, Conn., promoted Vince Weiner to svp/dir-client svcs. He's been with the firm nine years... Retail Planning Associates, Columbus, Ohio, hired Janet Groeber as dir-communications/new business [...]

Anyone Who Has Met Ernie Simon could be forgiven for thinking he's a brand guy at a big client instead of the head of planning at an advertising media agency. [...]

With Apologies To Justin Timberlake, Chris Gagen is bringing sexy back to out-of-home advertising. The outdoor sector is going gangbusters--it's now the second-fastest growing medium in terms of ad spending, [...]

YOU CAN'T REALLY BEGIN an encomium to Harry Keeshan without first addressing the Burning Question, the somewhat intractable rumor that has floated through the corridors of the country's top media [...]

Coming/going: Now aboard Draft Chicago: LAURA MOSER, vp/acct dir. She was at 141 Worldwide; RICH KELLEMAN, vp/dir-strategic planning., from Upshot [...]

At Palio Communications, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: HEATHER A. DERENTHAL and DANIELLE LEWIS, from asst acct exec to acct exec; NANETTE FOSTER, from acct sprvr/brand planning to sr brand planner; KIM [...]

Sherry Partners, Parsippany, N.J., established subsidiary Score Marketing Group with KEVIN DONOVAN as president [...]

Hired at Grand Central Marketing for its new office in Los Angeles: JOHN CORDERO, acct dir, from Integrated Marketing Services; KEITH FERNBACH, pr dir, from consultant; VANESSA RODRIGUEZ, asst acct [...]

At 65, International Management Group founder Mark McCormack rejects any no' that he or the sports marketing industry is slowing down. In a 1990 Sports Illustrated cover story that's still [...]

Michael Weiss has been promoted to director of sales, New York, for Eagle Television Sales, a division of Katz Media's Television Group. He was most recently group sales manager [...]

Initiative has promoted Dave Rosner to evp, director innovations. Rosner heads the unit focused on delivering marketing campaigns using the newest and most unique cultural trends, media platforms and technologies. [...]

Alloy Media + Marketing has hired MATTHEW GOLDFINE to vp, branded entertainment for Alloy Digital, a division of Alloy Media + Marketing. Goldfine will be responsible for creating digital media [...]

If he had more time, the CEO of The Barbarian Group would undoubtedly attend more rock concerts, given that live music is one of his favorite extracurricular activities. But the [...]

By his own admission, the characteristic Nick Brien least likes about himself is impatience. Nonetheless, that may be a key to the success McCann's new worldwide CEO has had since [...]

DUNCAN WATTS first came to the marketing world's attention in 2003, when a New York Times article positioned the Columbia University professor as the anti-Malcolm Gladwell. While Gladwell's 2000 book [...]

Sports and entertainment marketing firm Octagon, McLean, Va., hired CHRIS HIGGS as comanaging dir of golf in the Athletes & Personalities Division. Higgs was working as a consultant since leaving [...]

THE COMPETITION TO HELP BRANDS FIND THEIR PLACE IN media platforms is pretty intense, so for a modest-size agency like Deep Focus, having a string of 'firsts' is particularly impressive. [...]

THE CHALLENGE FOR Seth Matlins, he admits, goes something like this: 'Get more people to more shows more often.' Appointed global CMO earlier this month at Los Angeles-based live concert [...]