Here’s a rundown of the major executive changes in entertainment and media:
ICM: Alex Saks joins as Coordinator of Motion Picture International & Independent.
RED HOUR FILMS: Eric Finkelman joins as Creative Executive.
WARNER BROS. PICTURES: Afnahn Khan has been promoted to VP of Feature Post Production.
THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY: Julie Oh joins as Creative Executive.
WEED ROAD PICTURES: Alex Block has been promoted to Digital Development Executive.
HIGH NOON ENTERTAINMENT: Amina Abdill has been promoted to Manager of Development.
CLEAR CHANNEL MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT: Darren Davis has been promoted to Executive Vice President, National Programming Platforms. He previously was an SVP in the same division.
CHANNEL 4: Gillian Wilson has joined as Head, Features. She previously was with Spun Gold TV.
WEBER SHANDWICK: Kerry Lange has been hired as Senior Vice President and Digital Director. She previously was with Yahoo.
WEATHER CHANNEL: Alex Linde has been hired as Vice President, Mobile and Digital Apps. He previously was with Yahoo as Vice President, Mobile and Tablet Advertising Products.
HUFFINGTON POST MEDIA GROUP: Jessica Hanks has been hired as Communications Manager. She previously was Senior Account Executive at Goodman Media International.
CNN: Caleb Silver has been named Director, U.S. Business News. He previously was Executive Producer of CNNMoney.com.
FCC: Josh Gottheimer is departing in July as Senior Counselor to the Chairman and Director, Public/Private Initiatives. He has served in that position for two years. Jordan Usdan will be Acting Director, Public/Private Initiatives. He currently is Deputy Director of that division.
TWITTER: Fred Graver has joined Twitter as Creative Director, Twitter partnerships. He’s previously worked at VH1, MTV, Disney, National Lampoon and Letterman.
YAHOO: Rich Riley is leaving his position as Head, Americas Advertising Unit.
THATGAMECOMPANY: Mitch Lasky has joined the Board of Directors. Vincent Diamante has joined as Audio Director. Sunni Pavlovic has joined as Studio Manager.
AOL: Tim Armstrong, Richard Dalzell, Karen Dykstra, Alberto Ibargüen, Susan Lyne, Patricia Mitchell, Fredric Reynolds and James Stengel have all been re-elected to AOL’s Board of Directors.
FACEBOOK: Mike Vernal has been promoted to Vice President, Platform Services. Cory Ondreijka has been promoted to Vice President of Mobile Services.
MACHINIMA: Peter Pouliopoulos joins as Vice President, Media & Entertainment Ad Sales.
NOKIA: Juha Putkiranta will be joining as Executive Vice President of Operations, effective July 1, 2012. Timo Toikkanen will be joining as Executive Vice President of Mobile Phones, effective July 1, 2012. Chris Weber will be joining as Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, effective July 1, 2012. Tuula Rytila has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Marketing. Susan Sheehan has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Communications.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS: Margaret Cole joins as General Counsel, United Kingdom and as a member of the Board of Directors effective December 2012.
INTERPUBLIC: Andrew Bonzani joins as General Counsel, Senior Vice President and Secretary.
ESPN: Monica Diaz joins as Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Work Life.
UNIVISION: Rosemary Mercedes has been promoted to Vice President of Corporate Communications.
Sourced by StudioSystem.





16 Aug 2012
By Studio System News Staff











