Tanya Pein has unexpectedly quit as managing director of online
sales house 24/7 UK. A spokeswoman said Pein, who joined the company
only five months ago, had left ’by mutual agreement to pursue her own
activities’ and that there had been no animosity. It is thought Pein
felt sidelined by a re-organisation requiring managing directors to
report to 24/7’s European head office in Amsterdam. Pein previously ran
her own internet consultancy and was responsible for setting up
Bertelsmann’s Books Online (BOL) in the UK. The agency is now being run
by sales director Mark Nall and client services director Griselda
Billington. A replacement will be recruited ’in the near future’.
Linda Grant, formerly ad manager, national sales, of the Daily Record &
Sunday Mail, has been appointed head of planning at Metro, Associated
Newspapers’ free London newspaper, with a brief to promote Metro to
advertising planners.
Optimedia has promoted Brendan Judge to the position of group media
director. Judge, who joined the company in 1998 as media manager, will
report directly to managing partner Mark Waugh and will be responsible
for running the Allied Domecq and L’Oreal’s Prestige and Collections
accounts. Optimedia has also taken on John Black as a TV buyer. Black
joins from his previous position as sales executive at Carlton.
Anthony Carbonari has left his post as head of sales at FT.com to join
Disney Interactive’s international arm as sales director. He will be
responsible for markets outside the US. Following his departure, FT.com
continental European sales manager Gareth Jones becomes acting head of
sales.
Communications Skills Europe has recruited George Luxford as part of its
media sales and management division. Luxford joins CSE from Redwood
Publishing. During her four years there she worked as ad controller on
Safeway Magazine and latterly launched two customer magazines for the
American retailer JC Penney.
Auto Trader Interactive has appointed Jim Murray-Jones to the
newly-created position of brand manager. He joins from British Airways
where he oversaw the marketing communications and media strategy for the
company’s website. Murray-Jones started in digital media at FT.com in
1996 as part of the sales team.
Turner Broadcast System has promoted Casey Harwood to
vice-president/commercial director. He was previously vice-president of
sponsorship and promotions at Turner Entertainment Networks.
Bruce Sandell, currently associate publisher of IPC’s Muzik and Uncut,
has been promoted to publisher of NME, Melody Maker and Muzik. Sandell
has been on the publishing team for two years, after joining IPC as an
ad sales executive in 1988. Dan Coxon is to be the new publisher of
Uncut. He was recruited by IPC from record label 4AD where he was head
of marketing.
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