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Industry Moves: NBCU Mobile Director Gammon Leaving For Fox - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 05 Sep 2008 06:37 AM PST

NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) UK-based EMEA mobile director Amelia Gammon is leaving to join Fox. Gammon joined the broadcaster’s new mobile unit in 2006 following a stint as digital marketing…

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Industry Moves: Virgin Mobile USA; Thumbplay; Motorola; Didmo - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 03 Sep 2008 01:53 PM PST

-- Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) USA: Naval officer Daniel Acton is joining as Virgin Mobile’s new chief information and technology officer. He will be responsible for the Virgin Mobile USA’s…

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Industry Moves: Roeding Joins Kleiner Perkins as EIR - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 01 Sep 2008 11:00 PM PST

Cyriac Roeding, the former EVP of mobile at CBS (NYSE: CBS), who has been documenting his just concluded mobile world tour for us, has joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,…

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Motorola Updates Co-CEO Greg Brown’s Compensation; Rewards Mobile Devices Sale - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 29 Aug 2008 12:01 PM PST

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) updated the compensation package of Greg Brown, the company’s Co-CEO and head of Motorola’s Broadband Mobility business, according to a document with the SEC today. The new…

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Industry Moves: Two Senior Execs Depart From Yahoo’s Mobile Ranks - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 28 Aug 2008 11:06 AM PST

Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) losing two more of its senior executives, this time from its mobile division, which falls under the heading of Yahoo’s Connected Life. Steve Boom, SVP of Connected…

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News International Merging Mobile Unit Into Digital, Commercial Groups - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 27 Aug 2008 02:48 AM PST

Andrew Bagguley, the head of mobile strategy at News Corp’s (NYSE: NWS) News International UK news publisher, is leaving next month, a further casualty of the corporate-level reorganisation ensuing from…

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Industry Moves: mBlox; Quattro; Pelago’s Whrrl; MocoSpace - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 21 Aug 2008 11:54 AM PST

-- mBlox: Ken Elmer has been selected to lead mBlox’s global finance and human resources as CFO. Previously, he was SVP-finance and administration for Tiburon. -- Quattro: Quattro Wireless has…

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Industry Moves: Sky Promotes David Gibbs To Mobile GM; Taps Tim Hussain As Mobile Advertising Head - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 21 Aug 2008 06:53 AM PST

News Corp’s UK satellite pay-TV unit Sky has promoted David Gibbs to general manager for Mobile, and has appointed ex-AOL head of mobile Tim Hussain to the newly created position…

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More Management Changes At Motorola; Unveils Two Of The 50 Phones Launching This Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 20 Aug 2008 08:48 AM PST

When Motorola (NYSE: MOT) appointed Sanjay Jha as CEO Of Its Handset Unit and co-CEO Of Motorola, you knew more heads were going to roll as Jha went about putting…

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JumpTap Conducts Restructuring; Lays Off 20: Report Says - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 18 Aug 2008 11:23 AM PST

A very short report in Globes, a Israeli business publication, said that Cambridge, Mass.-based JumpTap, a mobile search and advertising company, laid off about 20 employees as part of a…

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Industry Moves: Bebo Hires Mobile Head; Will It Drop Premium Fees? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 13 Aug 2008 03:25 AM PST

Bebo is hiring Intercasting international GM Sean Kane as its first global head of mobile, charged with giving the teen-focused social net more legs in the wireless space. Bebo worked…

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Industry Moves: mSpot; Azuki; 2ergo - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 11 Aug 2008 09:46 PM PST

-- mSpot: Mobile music and entertainment company mSpot has hired Aline Yu as VP of marketing and Gregg Brown as director of product marketing. Most recently, Yu worked at Adobe…

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Motorola’s New Mobile Unit CEO Sanjay Jha: ‘Too Little, Too Late?’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 05 Aug 2008 03:23 AM PST

Now that Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has chosen a CEO for its struggling handset unit, everyone wants to know can Sanjay Jha save the company, or is he “too little, too…

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Industry Moves: Len Lauer Replaces Sanjay Jha As Qualcomm’s COO - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 04 Aug 2008 01:51 PM PST

Following this morning’s announcement that Sanjay Jha will become Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) new co-CEO and CEO of Motorola’s device’s division, Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) had an announcement of its own. Len…

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Industry Moves: Motorola Appoints Sanjay Jha CEO Of Handset Unit, Co-CEO Of Motorola - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 04 Aug 2008 06:18 AM PST

The search is over. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has appointed 45-year-old Dr. Sanjay Jha, former Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) COO, as co-chief executive officer of Motorola, and CEO of its troubled handset…

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SingTel CFO Quits - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 01 Aug 2008 08:44 AM PST

SingTel group CFO Francis Heng has announced he will leave the post on Sept 1, apparently for personal reasons. The resignation comes 11 days before the companies second quarter results,…

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Former AT&T CMO Lefar Joins Vonage as CEO - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 29 Jul 2008 02:21 PM PST

Former AT&T (NYSE: T) Chief Marketing Officer Marc Lefar has been named as the new CEO of struggling Voip phone provider Vonage, replacing interim CEO Jeff Citron who will remain…

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Bell Canada Cuts 2,500 Management Positions - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Mon 28 Jul 2008 10:42 AM PST

Bell Canada is cutting 2,500 management positions, representing 15 percent of management or 6 percent of its entire workforce. (Release.) The job cuts follow the company’s previously announced plan to…

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Industry Moves: Sky Mobile; Loop Mobile; Ringleader Digital - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Fri 25 Jul 2008 10:41 AM PST

-- Sky Mobile: In addition to a few other exec departures, BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is losing its head of mobile, Tim Satchell, who is going to pursue his own business…

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Industry Moves: Nokia’s VP of Advertising Mike Baker Leaving - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 23 Jul 2008 09:37 PM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is losing a key executive in its nascent mobile advertising unit: Mike Baker, the former CEO of Enpocket (which Nokia bought last year) and current VP and…

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Industry Moves: Thumbplay Promotes Mitch Rotter To SVP Of Content Acquisition And Strategy - 1 Comment
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 22 Jul 2008 11:42 AM PST

Mitch Rotter has been promoted to senior VP of content acquisition and strategy at Thumbplay, the company announced today. Rotter brings more than 15 years of experience in music and…

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Zumobi Appoints Ken Willner As CEO; Eric Hertz Leaves To Explore New Opportunities - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 21 Jul 2008 07:00 AM PST

CEO Eric Hertz will be leaving Zumobi, the Seattle company developing a mobile phone user interface supported by advertising, we have learned. His last day will be Aug. 1. Taking…

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Industry Moves: SonyBMG UK Adds Picsel’s Ferguson As Digital SVP - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 21 Jul 2008 05:15 AM PST

Another music label staffing up digitally at the top, this time with a mobile track record. SonyBMG UK is hiring mobile media software maker Picsel‘s global content MD Graeme Ferguson…

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M:Metrics Co-Founder Seamus McAteer Steps Down Following ComScore Acquisition - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 15 Jul 2008 11:49 AM PST

Following comScore’s (NSDQ: SCOR) nearly $50 million acquisition of M:Metrics, co-founder, chief product architect and senior analyst Seamus McAteer said he is stepping down for personal reasons effective today, we…

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Mippin Hires Its VC As CEO, Enhances For iPhone - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 09 Jul 2008 12:12 AM PST

Mippin, a London-based service that repackages web content for mobile handsets, has appointed Judy Gibbons, the Accel VC partner who funded the company, as its CEO. Formed in October out…

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