Fates & Fortunes

Broadcast TV

Ken Murphy , director, sales, WXXA Albany, N.Y., appointed station manager/VP, sales, WDWB Detroit.

Cable TV

At Time Warner Cable, New York: John Brown III , manager, engineering, Hudson Valley region, promoted to director; Ruth Ann Wynter , manager, human

Ken Miller , director, accounting, Time Warner Cable, Denver, named controller, national division.

Programming

Larry W. Jones , executive VP, TV Land and Nick at Nite, New York, promoted to president.

Ryan O'Hara , senior VP, business development and strategic planning, upped to chief operating officer, TVG Network, Los Angeles.

Bob Ayars , VP, operations, Comcast SportsNet, Philadelphia, named VP, technical operations.

Jamie Weissenborn , consultant, sales, marketing and revenue, International Networks group, Sony Pictures Television International, Culver City, Calif., named VP, global advertising sales.

At TV One, Lanham, Md.: Michelle Rice , northeast regional VP, affiliate relations and national accounts, InDemand, New York, named VP, distribution strategy and operations; John Fant , director, operations, Speed Channel, Charlotte, N.C., named director, operations; Eric Claytor , regional account executive/ outreach director, Construction News Service, Denver, named affiliate sales account manager.

At National Geographic Channel, Washington: Laura Galietta , VP, strategic partnerships and promotions, Turner Broadcasting/Turner Classic Movies, New York, joins as VP, consumer marketing; Bridget Whalen , director, development, Michael Hoff Productions Inc., San Francisco, added as director, development; Alanna Zahn , publicist, National Geographic Society, Washington, named senior publicist.

Richard Cusick , VP, business development and strategic planning, TV Guide, Los Angeles, upped to senior VP.

Bill Borson , senior VP, production, Fox Sports Net, Los Angeles, appointed VP, programming and production, New England Sports Network, Boston.

At Fox Sports Net South, Atlanta: Jon Cohen , local sales manager, named national sales manager; Brandon Howell , account executive, named local sales manager.

Gunn Isarankura , chief engineer, technical design, NY1 News, New York, promoted to director.

Bernard Gershon , VP/general manager, ABCNews.com, New York, named senior VP/general manager, ABC News Digital Media Group, New York.

Journalism

Kelly Cobiella , freelance reporter, CBS News/CBS Newspath, named CBS News correspondent, CBS News/CBS Newspath, New York.

Laura Okmin , sideline announcer, college football and the Atlanta Hawks, part-time anchor, Southern Sports Report , Fox Sports Net South, Atlanta, named fulltime anchor/reporter, Southern Sports Report .

Anne Hutchinson , sports reporter/anchor, WFTS Tampa, Fla., named weekend sports anchor, KSTP St. Paul, Minn.

Advertising/Marketing/PR

Barbara Griffin , VP, image management group, Turner Broadcasting System Inc., Atlanta, promoted to senior VP.

Marea Battle , publicist, CNN, Atlanta, promoted to senior publicist.

Laura Schooler , public relations consultant, national sales and marketing division, Clear Channel Entertainment, New York, named associate director, marketing, entertainment and media practice/managing editor, PwC Global Entertainment & Media Outlook, PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York.

Technology

At Network Electronics, Salt Lake City: Mitchell T. Hayden , senior product manager for Thomson/Grass Valley Group, Salt Lake City, named VP, technical sales and services; Russ Ence , human resources manager, Thomson Inc., Salt Lake City, named office manager.

Allied Fields

Stuart N. Brotman , president, Stuart N. Brotman Communications, Lexington, Mass., appointed president, The Museum of Television & Radio, New York.

Darlene Nipper , chief operating officer, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Arlington, Va., named executive director, BET Foundation, Washington.

Vickie Newton , anchor/reporter, KMOV St. Louis, appointed regional director, National Association of Black Journalists, St. Louis.

Jackie Forrest , Midstream Technologies, director, national sales, Los Angeles, appointed director, strategic sales development, TVN Entertainment, Los Angeles.

Todd Chanko , director, CNBC Enterprises, CNBC, New York, named media analyst, Jupiter Research, New York.

Raymond J. Brune , VP/executive producer, news, E! Networks, Los Angeles, launches Jagger International, Los Angeles.

Ed Desser , director of broadcasting, executive producer/VP/GM, NBA entertainment, NBA, New York, named executive VP, strategic planning and business development.

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