• Home|
  • About Us|
  • Subscribe|
  • Advertise|
  • Contact Us|
  • Webinar|
  • Post a Free Classified|
Media Life Magazine - For media buyers and Planners
  • Alternative media|
  • Cable|
  • Magazines|
  • Media economy|
  • Digital|
  • Newspapers|
  • Out of Home|
  • People|
  • Hispanic|
  • Rachel|
  • Radio|
  • Research|
  • TV|
  • TV Reviews|
  • Webinars|
  • Classifieds|

January 13, 2013

Share |

 

Meredith Vieira, host of the game “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” since 2002, is leaving the show when her current contract expires. Disney says it will find a new host to replace Vieira in the fall. The former “Today” co-host is also a special correspondent at NBC.

CBS Corp. has made two promotions, naming Chris Ender and Dana McClintock executive vice presidents of communications. Ender joined the company in 1996, McClintock in 1993.

 

 

Ad agency T3 has promoted Rick Doerr, naming him president and chief client officer. Doerr was most recently senior vice president and managing director for the agency’s New York office.

Danielle Andrews has been named New York-based account executive at Real Media Group, the media services arm of digital agency 24/7 Media. Andrews has previously held positions at OpenX and A&E Networks.

 

 

Bonnier Corp. has promoted Dave Freygang to chief executive officer, replacing the retiring Terry Snow. Freygang had been executive vice president in charge of the company’s active interest division.

Fortune magazine has promoted Stephanie Mehta to deputy managing editor, reporting to managing editor Andy Serwer. Mehta was previously in charge of the magazine’s technology and Washington, D.C., coverage.

 

CableTV

 

Lifetime Networks has made a pair of moves, naming Kimberly Chessler and Paul Hardy vice presidents of reality programming. Chessler has been with Lifetime for three years, while Hardy joins from truTV.

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps will be the next celebrity to appear on Golf Channel’s “The Haney Project,” in which golf coach Hank Haney attempts to help people fix their games. The new season of the show premieres on Feb. 25.

Actress Zoey Deutch is set to guest on at least two episodes of ABC Family’s “Switched at Birth,” with her first episode airing on Feb. 18. Deutch has previously appeared on “Ringer” and “The Suite Life on Deck.”

 

 

Reporter John Cook has been promoted to editor at Gawker, replacing the outgoing A.J. Daulerio. There’s no word yet on what’s next for Daulerio, who replaced Remy Stern at the beginning of 2012.

Mobile advertising technology company has made two hires, naming David Gluck East Coast account executive and Karli Weiss Midwest account executive. Gluck joins from Kontera, Weiss from CareerBuilder.

 

Tags: Andy Serwer, Danielle Andrews, Meredith Vieira, michael phelps, Remy Stern, Rick Doerr, Stephanie Mehta, Terry Snow

Related News

  • People 12.10.15
  • People 5.03.16
  • People 10.15.15
  • Big bump for ‘Bachelorette’ finale
  • Your take on comScore’s new ratings plan?
  • The essential list of cable upfront dates
  • People 4.25.16
  • Agencies’ big worry about digital: Viewability
  • People 4.14.16
  • People 12.17.15
Zemanta
Subscribe to Media Life
Latest headlines
Shocker: Megyn Kelly may have been harassed, too
Truth is, Hispanics use media very differently
Smartphone use surging in emerging markets
Republican convention gives Colbert a boost
ESPY Awards take a tumble on Twitter
The touchy issue of transparency in media
The word: Roger Ailes will get the heave-ho
The real promise of newspapers: Leadership
A buyer’s primer to the Republican convention
So, what’s your take on the Roger Ailes brouhaha?
What ‘Powers’ says about the growing content glut
Good read: ‘Art of the Deal’ ghostwriter on Trump
Magazines embrace digital as print struggles

People
  • Aaron Sanchez and Nathan Lewis join Cutwater
  • David Katz, Dayana Hoffman and Annie Fong join Mosaico Trading
  • Six rise in the legal department at Starz
  • Lauren Ruggiero rises to VP of scripted series at Spike TV
  • Lauren Moffat and Jordan Feiner rise at Sony Pictures TV
  • Tim Spengler becomes president and CRO at Simulmedia
  • Ming Fang and Tony Chia become engineers at IRIS.TV
  • Chris Hardwick signs new deal at AMC
  • Aaron Diaz joins ABC's 'Quantico'
  • Taye Diggs joins the cast of Fox's 'Empire'
Reader services
Subscribe to Media Life newsletters
Contact us
Write to the editor
Send in a press release
Send in a press release
Send in a people item
Media by the numbers
This week’s top-rated movies, songs and books
This week’s daypart ratings
This week’s broadcast ratings
This week’s cable ratings
This month’s digital traffic data: May 2016
This month’s new media traffic data
Media Life Classifieds
Digital media buyer wanted in El Segundo
Media buyer wanted in Austin
Digital media planner wanted in Salt Lake City
Direct mail media planner job in Minneapolis
Associate media director position in LA

© Media Life Magazine 2016