Sportgenic scores some cash, plus other interactive industry hires, partnerships, launches and announcements.

Anchor Intelligence has hired Tobin Trevarthen as its VP of business development.

Clearspring Technologies and SplashCast announced a strategic initiative and a new integrated service that enables brands and advertisers to connect with online audiences across all major social networks.

Conductor announced the recent hiring of four experienced senior managers: John Pavley, Jason Bigler, Parashuram Kulkarni and Kiril Savino.

Critical Mass, an Omnicom digital marketing agency, has named Jon Andexler creative director, Vanessa Donley art director and Rina Mallick associate creative director.

Eloqua, a supplier of automated demand generation applications and expertise for B2B marketers, announced that it has named Brian Kardon as CMO.

Gorilla Nation announced that it has been selected to exclusively represent the online ad inventory of six African American web properties through its GNMulticultural division.

iProspect announced that it has acquired privately held Range Online Media, a leading search and interactive marketing agency.

Marchex, a local search and advertising company, announced that it has partnered with Barrington Broadcasting Group LLC to enable Barrington's 23 network-affiliated television stations to sell local online lead packages and Business Profile Pages to their advertising customers under their own brand. 

Moxie Interactive, a division of Zenith Media Services, announced that Russell Kowalski has joined the company as CFO.

Networked Insights, a provider of customer intelligence across social media, announced the addition of loyalty marketing expert Jim Schroer to its board of directors.

Operative, a global advertising technology and operations management provider, announced that Mike Hard will join the company as EVP of sales and marketing.

Pixsy Corporation, a B2B provider of private label video and image search, announced a distribution relationship with Infoplease.

PointRoll, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gannett Co., and USA Today, premiered the first expandable, rich media ad units specifically created for the Apple iPhone.

ScanScout, a network for in-stream video advertising, announced that Bill Day has joined the company as CEO. Waikit Lau, ScanScout's co-founder and acting CEO, returns to his role as president of the company.

Specific Media has hired Jon Schulz to grow the company’s Fortune 500 client roster. Colin Petrie-Norris has been appointed managing director, international at Specific Media.

Sportgenic, a digital media and technology company dedicated to connecting marketers with sport enthusiasts, announced the closing of a $10 million Series B financing round led by Adams Street Partners.

STAR Healthcare, the healthcare specialty unit of Omnicom Group's STAR Marketing, has named Maryann Kuzel president.

Summit Entertainment has Nancy Kirkpatrick as the studio's president of worldwide marketing. 

Theorem has expanded its global reach by opening an office in the U.K, in London's media business center, Covent Garden, and hiring Marcus Harding as U.K. business development manager. 

Travel Ad Network (TAN) announced the addition of Maps.com to its portfolio. Maps.com is a leading provider of mapping products and solutions to business, education and consumer markets and the largest online U.S. map store. With the addition of Maps.com's nearly 2 million monthly unique visitors, TAN now has a global audience reach approaching 25 million.

Tremor Media has appointed Christian Baudis as the new head of its European business and part of its worldwide expansion.

ValueClick announced that it has launched AdRx Media, a premium health and wellness online advertising network with a potential reach of more than 20 million unique visitors per month, according to comScore Media Metrix. Meanwhile, Commission Junction, a division of ValueClick, announced a record number of new clients as the company kicks off its Commission Junction University (CJU) networking and educational event taking place this week in Santa Barbara, Calif.

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.