Fates & Fortunes

Broadcast TV

Brooks Hogg , station manager/director, sales, promoted to VP/general manager, WOAI San Antonio.

Scott Blair , centralcasting director, five-station hub, Emmis Television, Lake Mary, Fla., named product specialist, news operations and automation, Sundance Digital, Irving,

Steve Sabato , acting news director, WKRN Nashville, Tenn., named news director.

Mark Dauer , engineer, WHAS Louisville, Ky., appointed Western regional sales manager, TVOne, Erlanger, Ky.

Cable TV

At Time Warner, San Diego: Ron Johnson , director, field services, named VP, technical services; Don Williams , director, engineering operations, named VP, operations support; Marc Farrar , director, public affairs, Time Warner Cable, Kansas City, Mo., named VP, public affairs.

Programming

Scot McBride , chief operating officer, MTV Networks Latin America, Miami, named executive VP/chief executive officer.

At Fox News Channel, New York:John Malkin , VP, affiliate sales and marketing, named VP, affiliate marketing and local ad sales;Vipp Jaswal , senior international executive, HSBC Holdings, New York, joins as VP, international distribution.

Advertising/Marketing/PR

Raymond R. Warren , managing director, OMD USA, New York, appointed president, Carat USA, and president, Carat Media Group Americas, New York.

Robert E. Blatchford , executive producer, Charlie Co., Santa Monica, Calif., named director of business development, Troika Design Group, Hollywood, Calif.

Susan Heymann , account supervisor, OfficeMax account, Bader Rutter & Associates, Milwaukee, promoted to group supervisor, public relations group.

Derek Mattson , president/COO, Vehix.com, Salt Lake City, promoted to CEO.

Randi Cone , president, DNA Cone Communications, New York, named managing director, home and lifestyle practice, DeVries Public Relations, New York.

Lori S. York , development, MTV Networks, New York, becomes agent, programming, N.S. Bienstock Inc., New York.

Technology

At Vizrt, New York: Steve Ellis , director, sales, Pinnacle Systems Inc., Americas, joins as VP, channel sales, North America; Boyd Baumgartner , Western region channel manager, Pinnacle Systems Inc., Americas, named Western region sales manager; Bill Anderson , Midwest regional sales manager, Pinnacle Systems Inc., Americas, appointed Central region sales manager; Aldo Campisi , operations manager, Weather Network, Canada, named demo artist and application specialist.

Allied Fields

Dr. William F. Baker , chief executive, Educational Broadcasting Corp., New York, elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Cambridge, Mass.

Merrill Brown , founder/principal, MMB Media LLC, Seattle, named national editorial director, News for the 21st Century: Incubators of New Ideas (News 21), The Carnegie­Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education, New York.

Karalee Vint , manager, board relations, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, North Hollywood, Calif., promoted to director.

What’s your fate?

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