Career Moves: December 4, 2006

Authored by dmw on December 4, 2006 - 8:56am.

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Limelight Networks, a content delivery network for digital media, announced that Matthew Hale has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Hale reports to Limelight Networks Chairman and CEO Jeff Lunsford and is responsible for all of the company's finance and administrative operations. Hale was previously with S1 Corporation, a customer-interaction software firm, where he was President of North America Retail Banking, Global Wholesale Banking and Insurance Markets.
www.llnw.com

Gemstar-TV Guide International announced today that it has promoted Ian Birch to the newly-created position of Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer. In this new role, Birch will work closely with the editorial and programming teams at each of the company’s businesses to identify, develop and expand upon cross-platform content initiatives, including TV Guide magazine, TV Guide Online and the TV Guide Channel.

In addition, Birch will retain his role as Editor-in-Chief, TV Guide magazine. He will continue to report to Gemstar-TV Guide Chief Executive Officer Rich Battista and remain based in New York.
www.gemstartvguide.com

Brilliant Technologies today announced that Kenneth R. Parks has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Parks makes the move to Brilliant from EMI Music, where he had been serving as Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, on a global basis.
www.qtrax.com

Yahoo's Head of Sports and Entertainment, David Katz, resigned last week after conflicts with Yahoo's entertainment chief Lloyd Braun, Variety reported yesterday.
www.yahoo.com

Gannett, publisher of USA Today, on Monday named Joshua Resnik as the Vice President of Business Development for its digital division. Resnik has been an assistant General Counsel at Dulles-based AOL since 1999.
www.gannett.com

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