Ad Age, the leading publishing brand for the changing marketing, communications, and media industries, has announced the appointment of Brian Braiker as its new Editor. In this role, he assumes overall content leadership for the newsroom that produces Ad Age and AdAge.com and supports its Conference programs. Braiker joins Ad Age directly from Digiday, where […]
Experienced Washington, DC media sales executive Bob Brennan has joined public radio leader WAMU in a new management position as Director of Strategic Accounts and Partnerships, reporting to Amy Powers, Senior Director of Media Sponsorships. Brennan arrives directly from The McClatchy Company, where he was the Director of Political and Advocacy Partnerships through the […]
Michael Ocrant, an experienced financial journalist and conference producer, has joined Crain’s Pensions & Investments as its new Director of Conference Programming, reporting to Associate Publisher Nikki Pirrello in New York. Ocrant is uniquely qualified to bring his experience to P&I’s growing conferences division, with 10 year’s experience as a Director in the Conferences Division […]
Washington DC’s highly regarded public media station WAMU has appointed Amy Powers as the new Senior Director, Media Sponsorships, effectively immediately. In this role, she assumes responsibility for building the station’s sponsorships revenues and leading the team that partners with corporate underwriters and sponsors to support WAMU’s programming on radio, web, and digital audio […]
Following a wide-ranging search in the media and marketing industries, digital innovator Josh Golden, VP Digital Marketing at Xerox, has been appointed the new Publisher of Crain’s Advertising Age. Breaking with tradition, this is the first time in the publication’s 85-year history that the Publisher has been recruited from outside the company; and the first […]
Tracy Capaldi-Drewett has been appointed as VP, Global Marketing and EMEA Sales at ePublishing solutions provider HighWire Press, which recently spun out of Stanford University with majority investment from private equity firm Accel-KKR. Tracy will be establishing a new strategic marketing and international business development role on the senior management team, reporting to CEO Dan […]
New Food Economy, the digital magazine start-up for the food movement, has appointed digital marketer Stephanie Miller as its first marketing and business leader. She joins an award-winning editorial team with a shared passion for furthering the success of food businesses that do well while doing good. A versatile business executive with impressive experience in […]
Julie T. Tatge has been appointed as Executive Editor at Crain Communications’ Pensions & Investments, the leading media brand for institutional money managers. She will be based in P&I’s Chicago newsroom and succeeds Amy Resnick, who has been promoted to Editor and is based in New York. Julie joins P&I from The Chicago Tribune, where […]
The Public Radio Program Directors Association (PRPD) has announced the appointment of Jody Evans as its new President and CEO, effective January 1, 2015. PRPD is a vital membership organization that advocates for high quality programming and provides resources for public radio programming directors nationwide. In making the announcement, Board Chair Tamar Charney cited Evans’ […]
Dana Davis Rehm has joined DC-based American Geophysical Union (AGU) as Director of Marketing, Communications, & Engagement a new interdisciplinary leadership role reporting to CEO Chris McEntee. As the leading membership society of Earth and Space scientists, AGU publishes more than a dozen prestigious scientific journals and produces some of the most important global scientific […]