Industry News for Digital: People Moves
Hachette UK hires Matthew Cashmore to Digital Director
“Hachette UK has appointed Matthew Cashmore to the position of digital director, as the publisher experiences a “period of rapid growth in digital sales”. Cashmore joined the group last week and will be responsible for helping to drive the implementation of Hachette UK’s digital strategy, with a particular focus on new product. He reports to head of digital George Walkley and will deputise in his role as required. Prior to... [Read More...]
Turner-Samuels moves from Samsung Mobile to Nokia as Senior Programme Manager
“Nick Turner-Samuels, former head of content at Samsung Mobile, has joined Nokia as a senior programme manager as the Finnish firm readjusts its content strategy. Nokia has been repositioning its music strategy from a pureplay content offering to include utilities and services via its app store Ovi. The Gig Finder app beta-launched in January and lets users buy tickets for performances from their phones. Its launch preceded Nokia dropping its... [Read More...]
Forbes’ Online Managing Editor is Out
“There’s more staff shuffling going on over at Forbes. We hear that Carl Lavin, managing editor of Forbes.com, is leaving the company. A memo went out to staff early this afternoon, a source tells us. UPDATE: We emailed Lavin and haven’t heard back, but in response to this item, he tweeted: ”The adventure continues,” which we’ll take as confirmation. Lavin, a longtime newspaper guy who joined Forbes as online... [Read More...]
David James made Marketing Director at BT
“He has acted in the role since Matthew Dearden left the telecoms company last month. James is currently director of customer insight and intelligence and BT plans to axe that title. He will lead both teams in his new role and the appointment is effective immediately. John Petter, managing director, consumer, BT Retail says:”David has amply demonstrated the gravitas, drive and thought leadership the role requires. I am personally thrilled... [Read More...]
Facebook hires PayPal founder Max Levchin as VP Engineering
“In a rare move for an outsider, Google has named Max Levchin, former CEO of Slide and cofounder of PayPal, a vice president of engineering, Inside Facebook reports. At Google, where titles are doled out carefully, the announcement is a powerful signal of his influence. It comes after the company closed its acquisition of Slide, valued at around $182 million, two weeks ago. Levchin, who invested $7 million of his own money in Slide in addition... [Read More...]
Yahoo’s Danks moves to Head of Marketing at Firebox
“Former Yahoo! and Kelkoo marketer Pete Danks will take over from Christian Robinson, who currently holds the dual role of managing director and head of marketing, on 1 September. Danks will lead a larger marketing department and look to take the brand into media channels it hasn’t previously invested in. Firebox had a turnover of £12.7m last year and posted profits of £1m. Danks says: “It is the first time that Firebox has had a pure... [Read More...]
Leonard hired as Digital MD of Independent and Evening Standard
“The former digital media publisher of Times Newspapers, Zach Leonard, has been appointed as the new managing director of digital for the Independent and the London Evening Standard. Leonard, who left News International last month after four years at the publisher, will take up the new role next month. He will report directly to Andrew Mullins, managing director of the Alexander Lebedev-owned titles. At News International, Leonard oversaw the... [Read More...]
Kenneth Li hired as Tech Editor at Reuters
“New York – Thomson Reuters today announced the appointment of Kenneth Li to Editor-in-Charge of Technology, Media and Telecoms for Reuters. In his new role, Kenneth will be charged with Reuters coverage of the technology, media and telecommunications industries in America, reporting on companies including Apple, Google, News Corp and Cisco. Kenneth will lead a team of a dozen reporters across America, and will be based in New York. “Ken... [Read More...]
Twitter hires Sales Executives – more focus on revenue
“Twitter is getting more serious about making money. On Tuesday, Twitter announced that it had hired two new sales executives, continuing its pattern of plucking top sales executives from other Web companies. Adam Bain, former president of the News Corporation’s Fox Audience Network, will be Twitter’s president of global revenue, and Brent Hill, Google’s former head of financial services for the Midwest, will be director of sales for the... [Read More...]
Trinity Mirror Restructuring Results in Digital Director Redundancy
Trinity Mirror is restructuring its regionals division, resulting in the redundancy of its regionals digital director role. The publisher is in consultation with Chris Bunyan, who has held the post since 2008 and whose role is to be replaced by two new senior roles as it looks to “accelerate” the delivery of its digital strategy, according to a Trinity Mirror Regionals spokesman. The two new roles – digital commercial director and LocalMole... [Read More...]