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CARLSEN RESOURCES

Sandy Ramunno has been named
president of Grand Junction,
Colo.-based media and telecommunications
executive-search
fi rm Carlsen Resources. She will
retain the title of Carlsen’s chief
operating officer.

CURRENT

Matthew Frankel has joined Current
Media as senior vice president,
corporate communications.
He most recently served
as senior VP, corporate communciations
at AOL.

Also, Courtney Menzel has
joined Current as as executive
vice president, distribution. She
had worked as senior VP of content
distribution and marketing
at MTV Networks.

DIGNEY & CO.

Dan Harary has joined entertainment
PR firm Digney & Co. as
president, multimedia entertainment.
He had been president
of Asbury Communications.

DIRECTV SPORTS

Geoff Walker has joined DirecTV
Sports Networks as vice
president, marketing, responsible
for marketing and communications
efforts for FSN
Northwest, FSN Pittsburgh and
FSN Rocky Mountain. He
comes from T-Mobile USA,
where he was director of market
development and channel
marketing.

DIY NETWORK

DIY Networks has upped Ross
Babbit to vice president, programming
partnerships; Julie
Taylor to vice president, program
planning; and Kevin Chorlins to
vice president, consumer marketing.

ECLIPSE

Fernando Estrada has joined
Eclipse Marketing Services in
Morristown, N.J., as director,
Hispanic marketing. He comes
from GlobalHue, where he led
all Verizon Communications
telecom and wireless smallbusiness
retail efforts.

ESPN

ESPN has elevated Carol Stiff to
vice president, programming
and acquisitions. She had been
senior director.

FISHBOWL

Beth Greenwald has joined
FishBowl Worldwide Media
as senior vice president, unscripted
development. She had
been VP, original programming
and series development
for E!

Also, Jennifer Gwartz has joined
FishBowl as senior vice president,
scripted development. She was
co-executive producer on the series
Cupid and executive producer
on the series Party Down.

INCOGNITO

Vancouver-based Incognito Software
has named Paul Sobon to
its North American sales team
as sales director, North America
West.

SIMULMEDIA

John Piccone has joined Simulmedia
as vice president, sales.
He comes from Healthination,
where he was senior VP, business
development and sales.

TRIBUNE MEDIA

Jay Fehnel has been elevated
to senior vice president and
chief operating officer, Entertainment
Products, at Tribune
Media Services. He had been
VP, entertainment products at
Tribune.

Also, John Zelenka advanced
to senior vice president, business
development and news and features.
He had been VP, business
development and news and features.

WGN AMERICA

WGN America has added Bill
Holba and Barbra Wineburg to
its sales team as account executives.
Holba comes from Initiative,
where he was VP, associate
director; Wineburg was an account
executive at Long Island
Family magazine.