FT.com managing editor and publisher Ien Cheng, the Financial Times’ most senior digital executive, is quitting the company to take up the post of director of product management for advertising…

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Ziff Davis Media, having just wrapped up its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, can now get back to the business of running a struggling tech publishing company. To help right things,…

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Microsoft is moving Gayle Troberman from her post handling MSN’s branded entertainment programming in the online services group to the consumer marketing group, where she will run the digital marketing…

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Another key personnel loss for Turner in the digital arena: paidContent has learned that David Payne is leaving CNN, where he is SVP and GM, to start a new internet…

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-- Reunion.com: Rachel C. Glaser joins the company in a dual role as COO and CFO. Reporting directly to CEO and founder Jeffrey Tinsley, Glaser will oversee all aspects of…

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Talk about Slo-Mo ... a week after news broke that Marcus Brauchli was leaving as managing editor of the Wall Street Journal at the suggestion of News Corp-appointed execs, the…

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paidContent has learned that AOL (NYSE: TWX) Chief Marketing Officer John Burbank is leaving, less than a year after he arrived, to take on the newly-created CMO role at The…

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As IDG expands its tech-focused ad network to third-party blogs, the company has made an executive hire to oversee the unit. Publishing industry vet Peter Longo joins as CEO of…

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Lionsgate Entertainment, without a digital executive for a while now (last was Adrian Sexton, who was VP of digital media and left in May 2006), has finally found it important…

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has quickly found a replacement for Douglas Merrill, the company’s departing CIO, reports News.com. Benjamin Fried, a former managing director of Morgan Stanley’s Application Infrastructure group, will…

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Linden Lab, the parent company of Second Life, has appointed a big name CEO: Mark Kingdon, till now the CEO of Omnicom digital agency Organic, is stepping down to come…

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Last fall, Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) started to put its deep comics library online. Now it’s making a push to boost its digital media overall, now calling it the Marvel…

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-- Nielsen Business Media: Alison Fahey has been promoted to publisher and editorial director for Adweek, effective immediately. Continuing to report to Sabrina Crow, SVP of the company’s marketing, media…

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Primedia (NYSE: PRM), the shell-of-a-company-it-once-was, has appointed a new CEO: the 35-year old Charles Stubbs is the new president and CEO, replacing Robert Metz. Stubbs joins from Yellowpages.com where he…

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Marcus Brauchli has resigned as managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, as expected following last night’s reports . The company sent out the announcement following a meeting between members…

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CBS (NYSE: CBS) has named former Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Xbox brand manager Orlena Yeung as Last.fm’s first marketing VP - a post we reported the company would create last week.…

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Time.com is reporting that Marcus Brauchli, the last Wall Street Journal managing editor appointed under Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) ownership, plans to leave the paper one year after he took…

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After a decade at ad holding company Aegis Media, David Verklin will leave his post as CEO of Aegis Media Americas at the end of the year, AdAge reports. He…

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MySpace is promoting Jeff Berman from EVP-marketing and content to the new post of president of sales and marketing. Only the title is a surprise; Berman’s role as the Fox…

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Under pressure to deliver on all that promise and investment, Quincy Smith is adding layers and shuffling responsibilities in a reorganization of CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS). At the same time…

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-- William Morris: Former Disney/ABC SVP of business development Bruce Gersh has joined talent agency William Morris, where he will focus on the development of intellectual property on behalf of…

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Josh Quittner is ending his post-Business 2.0 stint at Fortune but is staying in the Time Inc. family, we’ve confirmed with a source familiar with the situation....Quittner, who has been…

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Spot Runner, the Los Angeles, CA-based firm which uses the web to help marketers buy TV ad spots, has been adding some heavy hitters to its executive roster. It recently…

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-- Viacom: MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) and BET have promoted Melody Tan to SVP for strategy and business operations in the Content Distribution and Marketing unit. Tan previously served as…

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Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) is slashing 450 jobs from New Line Cinema, Reuters reports. The job cuts were expected, as the movie studio is being absorbed by the company’s Warner…

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