Fates & Fortunes

Broadcast

Shasta Scarberry, promotions manager, WBDT Dayton, has been promoted to creative services director.

Journalism

Jessica Taff , sports reporter, WXIN Indianapolis, has joined WABC New York as sports reporter/anchor.

Rich Demuro , senior editor and correspondent,

Kimberly Hunt , anchor, KUSI San Diego, has joined KGTV San Diego as anchor.

Shannon Spake , NASCAR reporter, ESPN, has been named a college football sideline reporter for the network.

Heather Myers , reporter, KFMB San Diego, has joined XETV San Diego as anchor/reporter.

Tyler Baldwin , reporter, KLRT Little Rock, has joined KTVK Phoenix as reporter.

Marc Thompson , reporter, WOOD Grand Rapids, has been promoted to weekend evening anchor.

Leesa Dillon has joined News 12 Bronx/Brooklyn as general manager/news director.

Lindsay Radford , executive producer, KSTP Minneapolis/St. Paul, has been promoted to news director.

Cable

Arthur Minson , senior VP of finance, Time Warner Cable, has been promoted to executive VP and deputy CFO. Also at Time Warner Cable, William Osbourn Jr. , VP of technical accounting, has been promoted to senior VP and controller.

David Giles , VP of research, VH1/CMT, has been promoted to senior VP of research.

Lynne Ramsey , senior VP of human resources, Charter Communications, has joined the Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association (CTHRA) as president.

Samantha Greene Woodruff , senior director of strategy and business development, Nickelodeon kids and family group, has been promoted to VP of strategy and business development.

Brenda Viloria , general sales manager, KRKO Everett, Wash., has joined Comcast as VP of commercial services, Washington State.

Denise Perry , administrative sales assistant, Cox Media, has been promoted to account coordinator.

Programming

Tracy Whitaker , producer, Hey Paula , has joined Scott Sternberg Productions as head of creative development.

Barry Stagg has joined 4Kids Entertainment/4Kids TV as senior VP of corporate communications.

Paul Buccieri , president of programming, production and development, Twentieth Television, has joined Granada America as CEO.

John Quinn , executive VP of interactive entertainment, Warner Bros., has been promoted to executive VP of worldwide operations, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

Technology

Richard Scott , senior VP of systems and technology services, EMEA, at Ascent Media, has joined Harris Corp. as VP of Europe, Africa and Middle East operations.

Mark Effron , senior VP, TitanTV Media, has been promoted to president and COO.

Mitch Barns , global president, Nielsen's Homescan, Spectra and Loyalty practices, has been named president of Nielsen Greater China.

Mark Warner , director, Microsoft Studios, has joined Advanced Broadcast Solutions as VP.

Jim Turner , VP of digital media, A&E Television Networks, has joined Synacor as VP of product management. Also at Synacor, Chung Kim , director of product development, Media Data Corp., has joined as VP of engineering.

Sue Troyan , head of production, Method Studios, has joined Brickyard VFX as executive producer.

Dina Roman , VP of marketing solutions and national advertising sales, Brightcove, has joined Scripps Networks Interactive as senior VP.

Alex Glass , VP of client services, thePlatform, has been promoted to VP of operations; Marty Roberts , director of marketing, has been promoted to VP of marketing.

Tom Kingsley , director of engineering/project manager, CNN, has joined MediaComm as VP of engineering.

Joseph Tucker , senior VP of corporate operations, The Walt Disney Co., has joined D3 LED as executive VP and CFO.

Peter Still , international sales director, EG-Electronics, has joined ViewCast as sales director for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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