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Brody Rejoins AOL To Head Paid Services In Finance Re-Org; Gilt CEO Lyne Added To Post-Spin Board
Ned Brody is re-joining AOL (NYSE: TWX) as EVP of paid services, leaving his role as founder and CEO of ARPUinc. He’ll be picking up where he left off in his former role at AOL as SVP of the company’s Premium Services unit—while there, he developed several new paid...
Tags: NYSE Euronext, America Online Inc., Ned Brody, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Sales Channel, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Sales, Industry Moves, Industry Moves Roundup, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Patrick Smith
External links 2009-11-06
Another Search Departure For Yahoo As Bing Era Begins
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) search vet Doug Cutting is leaving to join open-source software management firm Cloudera. Cutting's departure is the most recent in a stream of search and tech exec exits (with some staff leaving for *Microsoft*), and comes less than two weeks after the companies finally sealed their...
Tags: Yahoo Search, Yahoo! Inc., Cutting, Open Source, Industry Moves, Search, Companies, Yahoo, Tameka Kee, Microsoft Corp.
External links 2009-08-10
Tad Smith Joins Cablevision As President, Local Media
So this wasn't in one of my guesses, but Tad Smith, the former CEO of RBI USA, is joining Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) as the president of local media, a new division within the cable/media conglom. More to come? by Rafat Ali
Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., President, Media, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Industry Moves, Rafat Ali
External links 2009-08-12
Industry Moves: Former aQuantive CEO McAndrews Joins VC House Madrona
After being passed up to succeed Kevin Johnson as Microsoft's digital head, Brian McAndrews is turning to venture capital. The former aQuantive CEO, who joined Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) when it acquired the ad group in 2007, is joining Seattle's Madrona Venture Group as managing director.McAndrews led aQuantive for eight...
Tags: aQuantive Inc., Industry, Razorfish, Microsoft Corp., Industry Moves, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Microsoft, Robert Andrews
External links 2009-08-13
Industry Moves: Heist Promoted to CEO; Founder Kutscher Upped To Chairman
Nearly a year after he joined High Gear Media as COO, Matt Heist is moving up to CEO, while founder Hesky Kutscher becomes chairman of the board. Kutscher had been CEO since founding the fast-moving auto-news network in 2007. Heist, who was SVP and GM of Sidestep.com before joining...
Tags: Car, Chairman, Industry, Founder, CEO, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Industry Moves, Social Media, Nanopublishing, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-18
Industry Moves: Microsoft Hires A Former Adobe Flash Evangelist To Pitch Silverlight
Mike Downey has spent the greater part of the last nine years singing the praises of Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) Flash. Now, Downey is singing the praises of Adobe-rival Silverlight. Downey joined Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) earlier this month as a principal evangelist focused on the company’s media player. Until February,...
Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Industry, Evangelist, Microsoft Corp., Mike Downey, Web Technology, Web Site Development, Digital Video, Media Players, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Industry Moves, Technologies / Formats, Companies, Adobe, Microsoft, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-18
Music Startup Slacker CEO Dennis Mudd Out; $70 Million and Counting
Slacker, the heavily funded online music startup founded by former MusicMatch CEO Dennis Mudd, has disposed off of, well, Mudd, reports VentureWire. This comes as the music startup scene remains murky. The company, launched in 2006, has raised a whopping $70 million in funding, mainly to build a portable...
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Online Music, MusicMatch, CEO, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Industry Moves, Entertainment, Music, Rafat Ali
External links 2009-08-21
Top Microsoft Zune Marketing Executive Leaves For Universal Music
Chris Stephenson, who has overseen global marketing for Microsoft’s Zune music player since its debut in 2006, is leaving Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) to join Universal Music, the WSJ reports. Stephenson confirms he is leaving to the WSJ. At Universal, he will lead marketing for Interscope Geffen A & M...
Tags: Marketing, Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Universal Music Group, Microsoft Corp., Stephenson, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Industry Moves, Entertainment, Music, Companies, Microsoft, Vivendi, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-26
Industry Moves: AOL Brings Back Minson As CFO To Manage Spinoff
Former AOL (NYSE: TWX) corporate finance head Arthur Minson is moving back to the Time Warner unit as executive vice president and CFO. MInson left AOL in 2006 to help Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) with its spinoff from Time Warner as EVP and deputy CFO, giving him the...
Tags: Time Warner Inc., NYSE Euronext, Brings Co., America Online Inc., Industry, Manage Inc., Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management, Industry Moves, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-27
Industry Moves: Khosla Ventures Confirms Hiring Of Former Facebook CFO Yu
Former Facebook CFO Gideon Yu, who left the social network suddenly in March, is joining VC firm Khosla Ventures as a partner. Khosla confirmed Yu’s hiring in announcing that it had raised $1 billion for two new funds, which it said it would use to make “clean energy, efficiency,...
Tags: Hiring, Facebook, Advertisement, Industry, CFO, Khosla Ventures, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Industry Moves, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-09-01
Industry Moves Round Up: SourceForge; N.E. Media; Tribeca; TouchTunes; Petsky Prunier; Cycle World
—SourceForge: Jon Sobel, the company’s Group President of Media, will be departing at the end of the month to join the executive team at Tesla Motors. The former General Counsel at CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) will hold that title at Tesla, as well as being...
Tags: Boston Globe, SourceForge, VP, Media, Industry, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Investment, Branding, Finance, Marketing, Industry Moves, Alex Ferreyra
External links 2009-09-01
Industry Moves: Arora To Head Google's Online Sales; Fischer Takes Sabbatical
David Fischer, Google’s VP for Global Online Sales & Operations, is starting a sabbatical at the end of this month and will return in January to work on developing the search giant’s other businesses, including Geo, Local and Check-Out, Business Insider reported. Instead of replacing him, Nikesh Arora, Google’s...
Tags: Google Inc., Industry, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Force Management, Sales, Marketing, Advertising, Industry Moves, Companies, Google, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-02
Industry Moves: Twitter Adds FeedBurner's Costolo As COO: Report
Looks like Twitter is adding some real-time experience. TechCrunch reports, citing unidentified sources, that Dick Costolo, cofounder and former CEO of FeedBurner, is headed to the startup as COO. Costolo’s no newcomer to Twitter: he was among the early investors in Twitter back in 2007. He went to Google...
Tags: Google Inc., Feedburner, Twitter Inc., Industry, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Management, Business Operations, Industry Moves, Social Media, Technologies / Formats, RSS, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-02
Industry Moves: NBCU's Feher Leaves To Head Conviva
Darren Feher, CTO of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) since 2003, will get to head his own show as CEO of Conviva—the company NBCU picked earlier this year to provide a platform for managing online video distribution. The move has not been formally announced; Feher posted the news on Facebook....
Tags: Industry, Online Video, Video, CEO, Conviva, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Industry Moves, Companies, NBC Universal, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-03
Industry Moves: Google China President Kai-Fu Lee Stepping Down
Kai-Fu Lee is preparing to leave Google (NSDQ: GOOG) as president of search giant’s China operations, the WSJ confirmed, following earlier reports on Twitter. Two Google execs will take over Lee’s responsibilities: Boon-Lock Yeo, currently director of Google’s Shanghai engineering office, will run engineering for the China unit; and...
Tags: China, Kai-Fu Lee, Google Inc., Industry, Government, Business Structures, Sales Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Networking, Strategy, Finance, Sales, Investment, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Industry Moves, Companies, Google, Countries, Asia, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-04
Industry Moves: LAT's Artley Leaving To Head CNN.com Editorial
Meredith Artley is leaving as Los Angeles Times online managing editor for CNN.com to fill the global news site’s top edit job. Artley’s departure was announced internally today. CNN PR would only say “we aren’t making any announcements over the Labor Day weekend” but we can fill you in...
Tags: Industry, CNN, Meredith Artley, Team Management, Public Relations, Recruitment & Selection, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Industry Moves, Companies, Time Warner, Turner, Tribune, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-04
Industry Moves: Garlinghouse Is Back?And AOL's Got Him
Yahoo vet Brad Garlinghouse, the author of the infamous Peanut Butter Manifesto, is back in the portal business—and in a big way. Garlinghouse, who left Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) last year (part of that company’s brain drain), is joining AOL (NYSE: TWX) as president of Internet and Mobile Communications, spearheading...
Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Industry, Brad Garlinghouse, Portals, Web Technology, Internet, Industry Moves, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Yahoo, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-08
Industry Moves: Former NBC Sales Exec Keith Turner Joins NFL
Just in time for the season kickoff, the National Football League has hired former NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) ad sales exec Keith Turner.  He’ll serve as Senior Vice President of Media Sales & Sponsorship, the NFL said in an e-mail release. The new post comes nearly three years after...
Tags: Advertising, Business Operations, David Kaplan, Entertainment, Industry, Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, NBC Universal Inc., NFL, Quality, Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sports
External links 2009-09-08
Industry Moves: National Geographic Gets A VP Of Social Media
Funny how traditional media companies have begun to acknowledge social media expertise as a valuable skill ... National Geographic has brought in Robert Michael Murray as its first VP of social media. Murray will develop a complete social media strategy for NationalGeographic.com, including reader outreach and content syndication. This...
Tags: Industry, Social Media, National Geographic, Industry Moves, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-10
Industry Moves: EA's Louis Castle Leaves To Head Up Gaming At IAC
Looks like Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) can't stop the exodus of senior talent ... gaming vet Louis Castle has left to head up InstantAction, the online gaming unit of IAC (NSDQ: IACI). Castle is replacing CEO Josh Williams, who will move into the role of chief technologist. Castle will...
Tags: IAC/InterActive Corp., Electronic Arts Inc., Industry, Online Game, Castle, Games, Personal Technology, Industry Moves, Entertainment, Gaming, Companies, IAC, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-10
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