- ONdigital has announced that its current director of sales and business development, Matthew Seaman, is to move into a new role within the company: director of interactivity. Reporting to Rob Fyfe, Seaman will oversee all of ONdigital’s interactive activity, including the TV internet service ONnet, ONgames and the development of interactive advertising. Following this appointment, the sales and marketing teams are to be brought together under Jeremy Dale, who will be director of sales and marketing, also reporting to Fyfe.
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- Over at Natmags a new commercial director for the company’s Affluent magazine group has been appointed, replacing Vivien Cotterill who is now the MD of Attic Futura. Tess Macleod-Smith will join from property and home site Smove.com, although her CV shows she has also been associate publisher for Vogue. Her new role will see her managing a team of 22, and includes responsibility for running the ad sales team and managing the overall advertising performance of the titles in the group: Harpers & Queen, Esquire, Country Living and Focus. She will report to Duncan Edwards until a director of advertising, sales and marketing is appointed. The Affluent group is one of five groups created within Natmags in September this year (see Natmags Announces New Brands-Oriented Structure), following the company’s take-over of Gruner & Jahr.
- The Media Edge EMEA has appointed Håkan Gustavson to a newly created post- chief operating/chief financial officer, effective from 2 January 2001. Håkan joins the company from his position of director of mergers and acquisitions at Y&R, where he has been for thirteen years. He will report to managing director Charles Courtier.
- Richard Swank, a non-executive director on the Bright Station board has retired from his position as of this week. Swank had joined the company in March 1999, and said on his retirement that he was “very confident” about the future for Bright Station.
- Reuters has announced the appointment of a new chief executive for the company. Tom Glocer will become group chief executive on the retirement of Peter Job in July next year. Glocer currently holds the position of chief executive officer of Reuters Information, and was appointed to the board in June this year.
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ONdigital has announced that its current director of sales and business development, Matthew Seaman, is to move into a new role within the company: director of interactivity. Reporting to Rob Fyfe, Seaman will oversee all of ONdigital’s interactive activity, including the TV internet service ONnet, ONgames and the development of interactive advertising. Following this appointment,…
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