OPINIONS
Published: July 25, 2008
Media Motion: 24/7 Real Media, Glam, ContextWeb
 

Gorilla Nation continues its quest for inventory, plus other interactive industry hires, partnerships, launches and announcements.

24/7 Real Media has announced an agreement with Realogy, a global real estate leader that operates brands such as Century 21, Coldwell Banker and ERA, to provide ad management for Realogy's network of websites. 

Colle+McVoy has been named lead agency for the Propane Education & Research Council.

ContextWeb, a contextual advertising company and operator of the ADSDAQ Exchange, announced that it has closed a $26 million Series D round of funding.

EyeWonder, an interactive digital advertising provider that extends the reach of rich media from online to any interactive digital display, announced the appointment of Ricky McClellen to the position of CIO and Bruce Reese to the position of CFO.

Glam Media announced that Michael Adair, former head of sales finance for Google North America, will join the company as VP of corporate development and finance.

Gorilla Nation announced that it has been selected to exclusively represent the online ad inventory of three African American and two Hispanic web properties through its GNMulticultural division. The company also announced that it has been selected to exclusively represent the entire online ad inventory of JAMD.com, the consumer website of Getty Images.

Inform Technologies has named James Bankoff to its board of directors.

Javelin Direct, has named Satnam Singh VP of decision support.

Jetset Studios has promoted Rynda Laurel to the newly created role of VP of operations. The announcement was made by Russell Scott, co-founder and CEO of Jetset Studios. In the new role, Laurel will be responsible for overseeing all business operations of Jetset Studios, including corporate strategy, account management, business development, marketing and public relations.

Media Two Interactive, a digital advertising agency, announced that it has hired Tabitha Fuchs as a senior media strategist.

Peer39 announced that Hugh McGoran has joined the company in the newly created position of SVP of advertising sales. He will be based in the company's New York headquarters.

PopularMedia launched SocialNotes, a free, web-based widget that allows site owners to add social interactivity to any page on their website.

Revenue Science announced the appointment of Bill Ruckelshaus to the position of COO/CFO.

Specific Media announced that it has appointed Brian Burdick as SVP of engineering.

Spur Digital, a full-service interactive marketing agency, has rebranded as Spur Interactive. The change to its name and logo is designed to more accurately communicate its role as a strategic interactive marketing agency.

The Viral Factory has hired award-winning interactive copywriter and creative director Glenn Sanders. Sanders will serve as creative director for the agency in its Santa Monica, Calif., office.

Tribal DDB Worldwide announced that it has hired Mike Casey as planning director for Tribal DDB San Francisco.

Zeta Interactive, a full-service, interactive marketing agency, announced the appointment of Jared Blank as strategic analyst.

Editor's note: We list the companies and people alphabetically according to what company hires what person or another company. Our bi-monthly column is always looking for announcements, so please email them to mediamotions@imediaconnection.com.

Michael Estrin is deputy editor at iMediaConnection.

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