People: Other Moves

Companies

Promotions: Geneon Entertainment, Long Beach, Calif., upped Eiji Orii from svp/chief planning officer to president/CEO.

Coming/going: VNU Business Media, New York, appointed John Hutchins as vp/gm-music and

literary group. Formerly at Time Inc., Hutchins will help chart the strategic direction of Billboard magazine and literary properties The Bookseller, The Book Standard and Kirkus Reviews... Nautilus named Darryl Thomas president-international business, based in London. Formerly at Levi Strauss, he will oversee supply, sales, marketing and business management... Marci Rinker joined The Golf Channel, Orlando, Fla., as managing dir-consumer promotions. She was at the Wunderman agency... Ron Furman named svp-media sales at the NFL Network, New York, handling the TV net plus NFL.com and NFL Films. He was at MTV.



Agencies

Promotions: GSD&M, Austin, Texas, promoted Steve Dean and Larry Walters to group

creative directors. The pair will handle Chili's

Grill and Bar account... Peppercom, New York,

promoted Ted Birkhahn to the newly created

role of managing director.

Accounts, etc.

Performance apparel label Dunning Golf, Markham, Ontario, retained Buffalo Communications, Vienna, Va., for North American pr with a specific eye on expanding U.S. presence... Aegis' Posterscope Worldwide launched Posterscope USA, specializing in out-of-home communications. With offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta, clients include Coca-Cola, Marriott, Pernod Ricard, Revlon, Outback Steakhouse, Motorola, KB Homes, Re/Max and others... Swanson Russell Associates, Lincoln, Neb., to provide marketing services to Ferry-Morse Seed, Fulton, Ky., a division of Jiffy of the Americas that dates to 1856... Cornerstone, New York, retained by Boost Mobile, Irvine, Calif., to promote Boost Mobile RockCorps, a national project that collaborates with charities working to make a difference on a local level... Diamond industry designer, manufacturer and wholesaler Sumit Diamond, New York, chose Formula, N.Y., as its lead agency... DMI Partners, Philadelphia, will handle online marketing of the BioTrainer exercise monitor and programs for Premier Partners, Boca Raton, Fla... New pr clients for Fast Horse, Minneapolis: tackle firm Pure Fishing, Spirit Lake, Iowa; Allianz Life Insurance, Minneapolis... New pr business for Inphorm, Lake Placid, N.Y.: regional pharmacy Kinney Drugs; Jefferson-Lewis Boces... Aktina Medical, Congers, N.Y., designer/manufacturer of accessories and treatment systems in the field of radiation oncology, retained Hood Marketing