Editor's note: We list the companies and people alphabetically according to what company hires what person or another company. Our weekly column is always looking for announcements, so please email them to mediamotions@imediaconnection.com.
agency.com announced the appointment of Jordan Warren to the role of president for the San Francisco office. The firm also announced that Kathleen Flynn, previously VP, Client Partner, has been appointed to the new position of president for the Chicago office
Blip.tv, a video sharing site focused on independently produced shows, announced the closing of its series B financing and its first venture capital investors.
Carat Fusion announced it has promoted Brian Mathena to the position of media director for the agency’s Los Angeles office. In the meantime, the Boston office has promoted Brian Baker to art director from senior designer and Giancarlo Pisani to senior art director from art director.
CheckM8, which provides advanced technologies for ad serving and rich media to the online advertising industry, announced that it has launched AdVantage 2.0, which features significant improvements to its two-year-old ad serving platform.
Freewebs announced that it is adding a widget bank to its extensive catalog of easy-to-use website building tools.
Geary Interactive, an advanced internet marketing solutions firm, announced that it has signed Longford Group to its client roster.
Marchex, Inc. announced a new relationship with Yahoo! in which Marchex will convert search ad listings from its pay-per-click engine, Enhance Interactive, into Yahoo-sponsored search listings.
Maven Networks and Univision Online, Inc., the interactive subsidiary of Univision Communications Inc., announced that Univision.com's new consumer video web portal is being powered by the Maven Internet TV Platform.
NetPlus Marketing has received the Marketer of the Year Award from the Philadelphia chapter of the American Marketing Association.
R/GA announced the opening of a new facility to accommodate a growing in-house digital studio. R/GA has already produced hundreds of video shoots across all major accounts, including Avaya, L'Oréal Paris, Nike and Verizon.
TACODA announced that it has promoted Lee Blickstein from Eastern region sales manager to director of Eastern advertising sales. In addition, the company has appointed Brendon Gallagher and Deepak Sharma as sales managers in its New York office.
The Los Angeles Times Media Group announced that Scott Sullivan, former chief information officer for Edmunds.com and senior vice president of technology operations and engineering for Yahoo/Overture Services, has been named chief technology officer for latimes.com.
Travel Ad Network (TAN), a vertical ad network in travel, announced that it has become the exclusive sales representative for advertising inventory on Skybus.com.
ValueClick, Inc. announced that its board of directors has elected Tom A. Vadnais as the company's new CEO.
WeatherBug, a provider of live, local weather information, announced that Ace Hardware has become the exclusive sponsor for the launch of WeatherBug's Hurricane Command Center.
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