Ypulse Youth Media Movers And Shakers
Posted by meredith on 04-27-2009Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We've culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to highlight in our next "Movers and Shakers,"email me.
MySpace Co-founder Chris DeWolfe steps down as CEO, but will remain on board as a strategic adviser, while president Tom Anderson will take on a new role at the organization. Project Playlist CEO Owen Van Natta will take over. (MediaBistro's Revolving Door, reg. required)
Project Playlist has announced that John Sykes will be stepping in as CEO. Sykes is a co-founder of MTV, former president of VH1, and former president of Infinity Broadcasting. (TechCrunch)
Marvel Studios… is looking to take more control over how it promotes its pics, tapping Douglas Finberg exec VP of international marketing. (Variety)
MTV Networks International ups Nina Hahn to SVP/International Production and Development, Nickelodeon. (Cynopsis Kids
Bill Gossman, formerly the CEO of the online advertising service Audience Science is taking over as CEO of hi5. (TechCrunch)
"American Idol" producer FremantleMedia North America has tapped former Fox exec Donna Redier Linsk to serve as its first-ever chief operating officer. (Variety)
Dan Tudge is appointed VP and GM/Propaganda Games, Disney Interactive Studios' development studio in Vancouver, British Columbia. Tudge was most recently executive producer and project director at BioWare Corp. (Cynopsis Kids)
Joy Dallanegra-Sanger has been named senior vice president and director of marketing at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. She had been vice president and director of field sales at Random House Children's Books. (MediaBistro's Revolving Door, reg. required)
Sega Entertainment U.S.A. Inc. (SEUI) appoints Cory Haynes as its COO and President, effective immediately… Haynes was formerly VP/Amusement Midway Operations, Dave and Buster's Inc. (Cynopsis Kids)
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April 29th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Can we get a forecast/research/rumors from Ypulse on what Owen Van Natta's going to do with MySpace? There's a lot of potential there, and I think most youth marketers are interested in what's going to happen.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Hey Kristen. Unfortunately — I just don't know that much about Owen. MySpace has been in decline with youth for awhile now, and I think my recent post about reviving teen-only spaces (including building one on MySpace) was what insight I had to offer. I think these types of forecasts/research/rumors are better reported on sites like TechCrunch, Mashable or even CNET with larger reporting staffs than Ypulse. If you or other Ypulse readers have have forecasts/rumors/research you want to share – I encourage you to write a guest post or leave a comment.
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