YANGAROO Inc., a secure digital media distribution company, has announced that Richard Klosa has been appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) effective immediately. Wojtek Hoch is leaving the position of Vice President Technology after five years with the company to pursue other opportunities.

http://www.yangaroo.com

Nintendo of America announces the appointment of two sales and marketing executives to work from the company's new Bay Area office in Redwood City, Calif. Denise Kaigler joins as vice president of Marketing & Corporate Affairs, while Bill Van Zyll becomes the new director and general manager of Latin America. Van Zyll's appointment is effective immediately, while Kaigler starts Feb. 18. Both will report to Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing.

http://www.nintendo.com/

Quattro Wireless, a Waltham-based, mobile advertising network, has named Steven Rosenblatt as its vice president of advertising sales. Rosenblatt previously served as vice president of sales for Maxim Digital.
http://www.quattrowireless.com

Ask.com Chief Executive Officer Jim Lanzone is leaving the company in a management shake-up at parent InterActiveCorp, the company announced late Wednesday.  Lanzone took over the CEO spot in April 2006 when then-CEO Steve Berkowitz left to head up Microsoft's MSN and Windows Live expansion. Lanzone will serve as entrepreneur-in-residence at Redpoint Ventures while remaining in an advisory role at Ask.com for a few months.  The Ask.com leadership change comes as IAC prepares to spin off HSN, Ticketmaster, Interval International, and Lending Tree.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9847800-7.html?tag=nefd.top

Audible, Inc., a provider of spoken audio entertainment and information on the Internet, today announced that Glenn Rogers, Chief Operating Officer, will leave the company to return to his consulting practice. Mr. Rogers joined Audible in 2005, taking leave from his practice that focuses on helping organizations, particularly female- and minority-owned businesses, deliver positive results by implementing collaborative and data-driven management systems and practices. Before his work as a consultant, Mr. Rogers was a senior executive at PSE&G.

http://www.audible.com

Dick Glover has been named CEO of Funny or Die Networks.  Glover moves to the Internet company founded by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Sequoia Capital general partner Mark Kvamme -- from NASCAR, where he had been VP of broadcasting and new media since 2003.  Now, he'll be in charge of FunnyorDie.com, as well as sister sites ShredorDie.com and MyBlueCollar.com. Funny or Die first gained fame last year for Ferrell's "The Landlord" short.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978533.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1&nid=2570

The Associated Press today named Bill Burke to the position of Director for AP’s Online Video Operations. The post includes responsibility for technical development and operations for AP’s subscription video and for the Online Video Network (OVN).  Burke will also retain his current responsibility for development management of AP’s newsroom editorial system as Deputy Director of ENPS.

REAL D announced the appointment of Emmy(R) award-winning pioneer of the DVD format Koji Hase as President of Worldwide Consumer Electronics. In his new position, Hase will be responsible for building upon REAL D's successful cinema businesses by launching REAL D's global business in 3D consumer/home products.

http://www.reald.com/

More than two months after the departure of Gary Forsee as its president and CEO, Reston-based Sprint Nextel late last month found a replacement in wireless industry veteran Daniel Hesse, most recently the chairman, president and CEO of Embarq. He succeeded Paul Saleh, the company's CFO, who served as interim CEO for two months. Hesse had been chairman and CEO since Embarq's inception in 2006, and previously served as the CEO of Sprint's Local Telecommunications Division. Earlier in his career, he spent 23 years at AT&T, serving as the president and CEO of AT&T Wireless Services from 1997-2000.

http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&p=irol-newsArticle_newsroom&ID=1088211&highlight=

InfoSpace, Inc. today announced that Bruce Allenbaugh has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Allenbaugh will be responsible for leading the Company’s direct-to-consumer marketing initiatives as InfoSpace transitions into a focused online search company. He will report to Jim Voelker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of InfoSpace.

www.infospaceinc.com

NCsoft, a developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced two promotions within its global family. Robert Garriott is leaving his post as president of NCsoft's North American business and moving into a role of global business development and planning. He'll remain in Austin while working closely with NCsoft's CEO Taek Jin Kim in his new position.

http://www.plaync.com

NTN Buzztime, Inc., a multi-point social interactive entertainment company, today announced that Joseph J. Farricielli, Jr. has been appointed to serve on Buzztime's Board of Directors effective December 18, 2007.

http://www.buzztime.com/

Tribune Company announced today that Dennis FitzSimons will step down as chairman and chief executive officer immediately after the company completes its going-private transaction. FitzSimons will leave the company at the end of the year.

eMusic, a retailer of independent music and digital music service, has named Kip Morgan as Chief Marketing Officer. Morgan, formerly of EarthLink, is a leading direct marketing and internet executive with more than 20 years of consumer marketing experience. Reporting directly to eMusic President and CEO David Pakman, he is responsible for driving the next phase of eMusic's growth and overseeing traditional marketing functions, branding and business development.

http://www.emusic.com

Two executives were named to positions at Mediaport Entertainment, a music/media burning and digital download kiosks company. Michael B. Thompson, CEO/President and VP of Business Development at Setpoint Companies, an innovative, Ogden-based industrial automation company, was appointed Chief Operating Officer. Arne Jacobsen, a 30-year sales executive and corporate leader, has joined Mediaport Entertainment as Vice President of Sales.

The E. W. Scripps Company, which intends to separate into two publicly traded corporations by mid-year 2008, has begun appointing board-level leadership and members of the management teams that will lead the company's various media businesses upon completion of the transaction. At The E. W. Scripps Company, William R. Burleigh, 72, will continue to serve as chairman of the board of directors. Burleigh, who served as president and chief executive officer of the company for five years, has been chairman of the board since 1999. At Scripps Networks Interactive, the new company that will be created in the separation, Kenneth W. Lowe, 57, will be chairman of the board and Nicholas B. Paumgarten, 62, will be the company's lead independent director. Lowe, who also will serve as president and chief executive officer of Scripps Networks Interactive, has been president and chief executive officer of The E. W. Scripps Company since 2000. Paumgarten, chairman of Corsair Capital LLC, has served on the Scripps board since the company's initial public offering in 1988. In addition to the top board positions, Scripps also has appointed members of the management teams in the finance, human resources, legal and information technology areas of both companies. http://www.scripps.com

Virtual world Second Life's chief technology officer has resigned. Cory Ondrejka, employee No. 4 at San Francisco-based Linden Lab, which owns Second Life, quit Tuesday and will depart at the end of the year. Ondrejka helped write the computer code that underpins the popular virtual world. Second Life is a 3D Internet destination where users create, buy and sell fantastic islands inhabited by virtual characters, or avatars.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071213/ap_on_hi_te/second_life_cto_4

Cox Enterprises, Inc. announced today that John M. Dyer, 53, has been named executive vice president and will assume the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer in the summer of 2008. Dyer will succeed Robert C. O'Leary, who will continue serving on the Cox Enterprises board of directors.

http://www.coxenterprises.com

Napster today announced that Nand Gangwani has resigned as vice president and chief financial officer effective at the end of the calendar year. Mr. Gangwani has been commuting from his home in the Bay Area to Los Angeles for the last four years and has decided to step down for personal reasons. Mr. Gangwani's last official day at the Company will be December 31, 2007, but he will remain available to Napster during the transition period. Suzanne M. Colvin, Napster's vice president finance, and corporate controller, will serve as the Company's interim chief financial officer during the transition while a search is conducted for Mr. Gangwani's replacement.

http://www.Napster.com