Accounts and People of Note in the Advertising Industry
ABC Regional Sports and Entertainment Sales, New York, part of ABC National Television Sales, and Branded Cities Network, part of EL Media Holdings USA, Phoenix, signed a sales and marketing agreement to collaborate on a digital out-of-home LED network in major cities around the country. Financial terms were not disclosed. ABC National Television Sales is a division of the ABC unit of the Walt Disney Company.
Chris D’Ablemont joined NuvoTV, New York, in a new post, vice president for new business development ad sales. He had been vice president for emerging networks at NBCUniversal, part of Comcast, working on Sprout.
Dentsu India Group, part of Dentsu, acquired an 80 percent stake in Webchutney, an Indian digital agency with offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengalooru, from a venture capital arm of Network18. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Kevin Gentzel joined The Washington Post, part of the Washington Post Company, as chief revenue officer. He succeeds Ken Babby, who is now owner and chief executive of a minor league baseball team, the Akron Aeros, in Ohio. Mr. Gentzel had been chief revenue officer at News Distribution Network, New York.
Shelby Houston Haro cq joined GetGlue, New York, in a new post, executive vice president for sales. She had been vice president for entertainment sales and product strategy at the Penske Media Corporation, Los Angeles.
Jeff Knapple, executive vice president at the Los Angeles office of Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment, part of Van Wagner Communications, was named president and chief executive at Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment, based at the New York headquarters. He succeeds Cliff Kaplan, who left “as a result of differences in strategic direction,†the company said in a statement, and is pursuing other opportunities.
Jennifer Maltby joined Full Contact Advertising, Boston, in a new post, director for strategic planning. She had been director of the Idea Group, an internal research group, at Communispace, Boston.
Lincoln Millstein, executive vice president and deputy group head of Hearst Newspapers, New York, part of the Hearst Corporation, was named to a new post, senior vice president of the corporation and special assistant to the chief executive, Steven R. Swartz, who succeeded Frank A. Bennack Jr. on June 1.
Parade Publications, New York, part of Advance Publications, was renamed the Parade Media Group.
Parham Santana, New York, started a licensing division named BrandSlam, to be led by Aaron Spiegeland as vice president for brand strategy and licensing; he had previously been a director for brand management at Beanstalk, part of the Omnicom Group.
Omar Quiñones joined RP3 Agency, Bethesda, Md., as director for strategic planning. He succeeds Scott Gold, who left, the agency said. Mr. Quiñones had been senior strategist for cultural and business insights at Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Boulder, Colo., part of MDC Partners.
Donald Reilley joined Major League Gaming, New York, in a new post, executive vice president for sales. He had most recently been head of United States advertising sales for Kindle at the New York office of Amazon.
Jeremy Rosenberg joined Allison & Partners, New York, part of MDC Partners, in a new post, senior vice president for digital media, leading the agency’s digital media operations. He had been senior vice president for digital media at Cohn & Wolfe, part of WPP.
Eric Segal joined Anomaly, New York, part of MDC Partners, as an executive creative director, working with Ian Toombs, who was recently promoted to executive creative director for creative director. Mr. Segal had been an executive creative director at Grey New York, part of the Grey division of the Grey Group, which is owned by WPP. Also at Anomaly, Sheena Brady, creative director, was promoted to a new post, global creative director. Ms. Brady, Mr. Toombs and Mr. Segal all report to Mike Byrne, global chief creative officer.
