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Layoffs Happening Now at AOL

Written on
August 20th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – AOL has started another round of cuts, according to a report in the Silicon Alley Insider. About a dozen staffers are rumored to be headed out the door (reportedly product managers and marketers). Rumors of layoffs at AOL have been swirling for weeks — it looks like the [...] more...

Hires Round-Up: WidgetBucks, Federated, Glam, TMZ, Fanscape

Written on
August 19th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – WidgetBucks, a global ad network of shopping widgets, has brought Kirby Winfield on board as chief revenue officer. He will be responsible for running WidgetBucks’ ad sales and distribution strategy. Most recently, he was at Marchex, where he was general manager and vice president. Federated Media Publishing has welcomed [...] more...

Hires: Marchex, Bebo, Agency.com, ThisNext

Written on
August 14th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Marchex Inc., a local search and ad shop, has named Sloan Seymour, vice president of Marchex Adhere; Ed O’Keefe, vice president of Performance Marketplaces; Brooks McMahon, vice president of Partner Development and promoted Leigh McMillan to senior vice president, Marketing and Communications. Seymour was previously president and CEO of [...] more...

Hires and Fires Round-Up: MySpace, Fortune, Organic

Written on
July 30th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – MySpace has just rounded out its executive ranks with five new additions. This is an odd move (timing-wise at the very least), since MySpace is reportedly planning to let go of 5% of its staff in coming days primarily in the engineering, sales and customer service departments. Manu Thapar [...] more...

Industry Moves, Hires: Yahoo, Collective, ContextWeb

Written on
July 28th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Robert Kotick, Yahoo Inc.’s director, will resign after the company’s annual meeting Aug. 1 in compliance with the settlement the Internet pioneer recently made with activist investor Carl Icahn. Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, had already announced that he wouldn’t run for re-election. In a filing today with securities [...] more...

Hiring Round-Up: Microsoft, interCLICK, Peer 39

Written on
July 24th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Big news over at Microsoft: Kevin Johnson, the executive heading up Microsoft’s beleaguered online biz, is departing after 16 years with the company. He’s moving on to the chief executive slot at Juniper Networks.Johnson is getting out while the getting’s good: he was central in the failed negotiations [...] more...

Hiring Round-Up: Glam, Ogilvy & Mather, Etsy

Written on
July 23rd 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Glam Media has snagged Michael Adair as their VP of corporate development and finance. Adair was most recently at Google as head of North American sales. The fem-focused Glam ad network has raised $115 million in funding (it raised $85 million this year alone). WPP Group’s Ogilvy & Mather [...] more...

Hiring Round Up: Zvents, Granite Ventures, Buzztime

Written on
July 15th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Local events network Zvents has added Paul Levine — currently the vice president of marketing at AdBrite and the former GM of Yahoo Local – to its board of directors. Zvents has raised about $7 million in venture capital since its launch in 2005. Granite Ventures has welcomed Eric [...] more...

Proteus Rebranding To Lead To New Hires, Campaigns

Written on
July 15th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Proteus is playing the name game. The company, which bills itself as the leading provider of mobile marketing products and solutions to the U.S. and Latin American markets, has re-branded to become 2ergo Americas Inc. The switcheroo will bring it in line with its U.K.-based parent company 2ergo [...] more...

Hiring Round-Up: VoloMedia, PowerMark

Written on
July 14th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – VoloMedia, an advertising network for downloadable media, has brought Ellen Farber on board as its East Coast director of advertising sales. Farber hails from PlanetOut Inc., where she was the national sales director. PowerMark, a marketing and PR company focused on technology, has hired Kevin Strehlo as senior vice [...] more...


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