Media Motion: AudienceScience, Fanscape, MediaVest

Allen & Gerritsen, an independent advertising agency, announced the appointment of Melissa Romig to the position of digital media director.

Apptera, a mobile advertising company, announced two new additions to its management team: Joe Hurd (VP, business development) and Chris Monteferrante (VP, advertising sales).

Betawave Corporation, an attention-based digital media company, announced the launch of Betawave TV, an ad-supported video platform.

Break Media, announced the launch of a NASCAR enthusiast site called All Left Turns.

ChaCha, an SMS mobile search service, announced that former Yahoo executive Rob Wilk will fill the position of VP, advertising sales.

Chadwick Martin Bailey, a market research and consulting firm, has announced that Josh Mendelsohn is rejoining the company as VP, marketing.

CrownPeak, an on-demand website management software provider, announced the launch of the CrownPeak Landing Page Manager (LPM). The application is meant to increase ROI by allowing website managers to create, manage, and track landing pages.

Current, a cross-platform media company, announced the hire of Paul Levin as president of new media.

David&Goliath, an L.A.-based independent creative agency, is opening an office in London.

Duke University's Fuqua School of Business  announced the launch of its cross-continent executive M.B.A. marketing campaign, in collaboration with interactive agency SolutionSet and media agency Mediasmith.

Epic Advertising, an online performance marketing firm, announced two new executive appointments: Charles Nowaczek (chief operating officer) and Young Kim (senior VP of finance).

Fanscape has been named Vans Warped Tour's marketing agency-of-record for the eighth consecutive year.

IDG TechNetwork has selected Collective Media to manage display ads across its network.

Inflection Point Media, the recently launched intent-driven ad network that targets pre-qualified B2B audiences at scale, has formed a board of advisors consisting of John Durham, CEO, Managing Partner of Catalyst; Curt Viebranz, former EVP at AOL and Platform A's first president; and Mark Walsh, CEO of Genius Rocket.

interCLICK, Inc., a behavioral targeting company, announced record revenue for Q4 of 2008, with a 160 percent increase in profit from the prior year's same period.

IrishCentral.com announced the appointment of Robert Paltos to the position of U.S. director, advertising sales & business development.

Martopia, a growth catalyst firm, has appointed Aaron Adams to the position of marketing copywriter.

MediaVest announced the hire of Malcolm Russell as SVP, consumer context planner.

Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group was ranked by comScore as first in video streams among family and lifestyle brands, and fifth in video streams overall, behind YouTube, Yahoo, Hulu, and Fox Interactive Media.

Organic, Inc., a digital communications agency, announced the appointments of Anna Banks as group director of strategy, and Sacha Reeb as group director of creative.

PlaySpan, an in-game commerce network, announced the hire of Eric Hartness as chief marketing officer.

PointRoll, a rich media advertising provider, announced that it has expanded iPhone distribution partners to include ESPN, AOL's Platform-A, Millennial Media, and USA TODAY.

Revenue Science has changed its name to AudienceScience. Under its new name, AudienceScience will continue to help publishers and marketers reach their target audiences online.

Specific Media announced the hire of Adam Hearn as a senior account executive in the Chicago office.

VoodooVox, an ad network technology and service provider, has promoted Gregory Wester to the position of chief operation officer. Wester was formerly VP of product development and strategy for the company.

Zugara  has developed a "Free Twitter Designer" in beta. This free web-based application allows users to design background images for their Twitter profiles.

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.