Anne Wagner and Richard Vogt have joined research company Ipsos Mendelsohn in the newly created post of vice president, business development. Wagner will work with agencies and advertisers in a business development role, while Vogt will oversee business development in…
NBC News’ Ann Curry will talk with former hostage Ingrid Betancourt in an interview to air tonight on “NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams” and tomorrow on “Today.” It will mark Betancourt’s first interview since she was freed from captivity…
Lisa Ling will join ABC News’ “Nightline” as a contributor. Her first report, on aging and the growth of luxury retirement living communities, will air Thursday. Future reports will chronicle the heroin epidemic in America’s heartland, efforts to make it…
Private-label video search service Pixsy struck a distribution deal with Web site InfoSpace for Pixsy’s video and image search tools. InfoSpace will integrate Pixsy’s search services into its network of European-owned and -operated properties and affiliates. InfoSpace users will be…
Sony Pictures Television casting chief Dawn Steinberg has been promoted to executive vice president. Ms. Steinberg has been senior VP of talent and casting since joining the studio five years ago this month. She’ll continue to oversee casting for all…
TNT’s “The Closer” will return July 14 with Ford Motor Co., SoyJoy and T-Mobile USA on board as seasonlong sponsors. The sponsorships will include custom marketing and promotions featuring on-air co-branded marketing and product integration. Ford and T-Mobile will run…
While some prominent Twitter users are testing out new services, the still-dominant micro-blogging site has grown six-fold over last year despite technical problems, according to online audience measurement service Hitwise. Despite regular outages, Twitter’s market share of visits among micro-blogging…
Jim Berman has been named VP and general manager of WVEC-TV, Belo Corp.’s ABC affiliate in Hampton-Norfolk, Va. Mr. Berman’s tenure will begin Aug. 4. He had been VP and general manager of WHP-TV and WLYH-TV, the Newport Television Partners-owned…
KBNZ-LP, a low-power station being launched soon by New Vision Television in Bend, Ore., will be the CBS affiliate in the 192nd-largest TV market in the country. New Vision Executive VP Steve Spendlove will oversee KBNZ and sister Oregon station…
Online video destination site and network Mevio landed $15 million in venture funding from Crosslink Capital, with investment also from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and DAG Ventures. Mevio said it will use the cash infusion…