Career Moves: April 30, 2007

Authored by dmw on April 30, 2007 - 10:23am.

Bebo, a UK social networking site, today announced the appointment of Angel Gambino to the newly-created position of Vice President, Music. In her new role, Ms. Gambino will be responsible for helping artists and labels use Bebo's base of 31 million users worldwide, enabling them to extend their reach and form one-to-one relationships with their audience. She will also have responsibility for devising partnerships between artists and brands and retailers.

http://www.bebo.com

Rentrak Corporation announced today the appointment of Ken Papagan as company president and Cathy Hetzel as president of the Advanced Media & Information Division (AMID). As President and Chief Strategy Officer, Mr. Papagan will continue to work directly with the Chairman and the Board in setting the strategic direction of the company and leading new business initiatives in cross platform reporting, analytics and the acquisition of independent data. As President of the Advanced Media Information Division (AMID), Ms. Hetzel will have full operating and financial accountability for the AMID and will provide the leadership experience and digital entertainment industry knowledge to drive growth and revenue for Rentrak's Entertainment Essentials(TM) suite of services.
http://www.rentrak.com/.

Blue Frog Media, a mobile media and entertainment provider, announced today that Victor Siegel has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the company, as well as a member of its Board of Directors.

4Kids Entertainment, a global provider of children’s entertainment and merchandise licensing, has promoted Senior Vice President Carlin C. West to Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Development. A 12-year employee of the Company, West will utilize her marketing, licensing, public relations, and brand building expertise to direct the upcoming launch of Chaotic – the company’s eagerly-anticipated multi-platform trading card game set to debut online and at comic and hobby stores this summer.
http://www.4Kids.TV

HandHeld Entertainment™, a global digital entertainment company, today announced that it has named Charles W. Hoefer as its vice president of advertising sales. In his new role, Hoefer will direct all advertising sales initiatives for HandHeld Entertainment, including driving the company’s online advertising and promotional programs in the United States, Europe and throughout the world for its seven Web properties.
http://www.hheld.com

Digital Chocolate, Inc., a publisher of original software for mobile phones, today announced former Gameloft executive Xavier Mas Kaupp has joined Digital Chocolate as vice president of sales and marketing for Europe reporting to Gary Schofield, president of networks. Mas Kaupp brings more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience to the Digital Chocolate European executive team. A seven-year mobile gaming industry veteran, he most recently spent five years at Gameloft.
http://www.digitalchocolate.com

Limelight Networks, a content delivery network for digital media, today announced it is expanding its leadership ranks of industry veterans with the appointment of two new key executives -- David Hatfield, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services, and Hong Xia, Vice President of Worldwide Technical Services.
http://www.llnw.com