- Cathy Baron Tamraz, president of Business Wire, headquartered in San Francisco, has been promoted to CEO.
- Lifetime Television, New York, appointed Neil Schubert to the new position of senior vice president of publicity. He was senior vice president for publicity,
advertising and promotion at Universal Television Productions.
- Visteon Corporation, Van Buren Township, MI, announced Kimberley Crews Goode joined the company as vice president for corporate communications. She was vice president
of worldwide communications for Kellogg Co.
- Landon Thomas is the new media relations manager for the American Le Mans Series, the North American auto racing tournament. Thomas was previously director of
communications for the Indoor Professional Football League and he is also the author of "The SEC Team of the '80s: Auburn Football 1980-89."
- Players Network, a Las Vegas-based gaming industry media company, named Mary Ann Butcher as its vice president of marketing (a position that encompasses PR, IR and
corporate communications). Prior to this, she was vice president and general manager for Total Vegas Television.
- New York-based MWW Group recently hired Antoinette Fitapelli (formerly head and founding partner of fashion boutique agency DFPR Group) to lead the firm's
fashion and image-marketing practice.
- NPOWR Digital Media in Oxnard, CA, named Joseph Cabral to be director of public relations. He had been associate publisher at Southland Publishing.
- VIASPACE Inc., Pasadena, CA, appointed Jan W. Vandersande as director of communications, a new position. He was previously president and CEO of Mountain Province
Diamonds.
- Stuart Vincent has been named assistant vice president for university relations at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, where he will be in charge of media, public
relations and newsletter endeavors. He was a journalist for the Long Island daily Newsday.
- Stacey Clement, PR manager at Atari for the past four years, has left the company to become senior account supervisor for the Entertainment & Lifestyle Practice
Group at 360 Public Relations in Boston.
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