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Industry Moves Roundup: Conde Nast; Belo; CinemaNow; Kaboose-AOL; Media Kitchen

By Rafat Ali - Tue 27 Nov 2007 03:39 PM PST

-- Conde Nast: Lisa Ryan Howard, who has spent the past nine months as publisher of Conde Nast’s Style.com and Men.style.com, replaces outgoing VP-online sales Jason R. Krebs, who will leave the post he’s held for two years at Conde Nast Media Group Interactive on Friday. Before heading CondeNet’s Style.com and Men.Style.com, Howard was executive director of corporate sales at Conde Nast Media Group. More info here.

-- Belo:  Edward Olkkola, a venture capital and tech veteran, has been tapped as SVP, business development, for the Dallas-based media company. Olkkola has held executive posts at Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Compaq before becoming a general partner and operating partner at Austin Ventures between 1998 and 2007. Most recently, he joined STARTech Early Ventures, a Richardson,TX-based VC firm. In addition to his new role at Belo, (NYSE: BLC) which owns the Dallas Morning News as well as four other newspapers and 10 TV stations, Olkkola will remain as an advisor for STARTech. More details here.

-- CinemaNow: Ashley Woodworth has been hired by CinemaNow as SVP, marketing, where she’ll manage multi-platform initiatives and work on integrating the company’s digital programming with electronics makers. Woodworth comes to CinemaNow from Move Inc., a portal focused on real estate search, finance and moving. Release

-- Kaboose: Family-focused online media company Kaboose, based in Canada, has appointed Craig Wallace, former CEO of AOL (NYSE: TWX) Canada., as president and COO. He succeeds Jonathan Graff, who will become vice chairman. Kaboose’s sites include BabyZone.com, ParentZone.com, Kaboose.com, AmazingMoms.com, and others. More here.

-- Media Kitchen: Darren Herman has been named group director of digital media for the kirshenbaum bond + partners media planning and buying unit. Herman co-founded in-game advertising firm IGA Worldwide and has worked at several startups over the past decade. More details here.

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