Category: Media Vibes

Compass Intelligence – James Brehm has joined the organization as Senior Strategist, where he will contribute to the company’s Connect Device practice, as well as lead numerous M2M-related initiatives. James has formerly held positions with Rackspace, Gateway, MCI and most recently, he served as Strategic Consultant and Director of Business Development for Frost & Sullivan’s […]

The Globe and Mail – Simon Avery, who previously covered telecommunications, has become an investment reporter covering stock markets with a focus on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Iain Marlow has picked up his telecommunications beat. He’s been with the publication since January 2010.  The Globe and Mail  has a cumulative six-day readership total of just […]

InformationWeek –  Website editor in chief Alexander Wolfe has left the publication, a replacement hasn’t been named. He served as editor since December 2007 and was previously executive editor, online. Prior to that, he was a senior editor for the now defunct VARBusiness. InformationWeek has a circulation of 440,000 business technology professionals.

This Is My Next – The new blog covering consumer electronics and technology is being led by former Engadget editors Nilay Patel, Paul Miller, Ross Miller, Joanna Stern, Chris Ziegler and Joshua Topolsky, who remains an editor at large for Engadget. The site is meant to serve as a temporary home while the staffers work […]

Penton Media – The publisher of Connected Planet has launched two new sites; MobileDevProis aimed to help enterprise and individual developers  “mobilize” how they do business by creating mobile services, apps and solutions. The coverage will include technology, tools, tips and tricks – along with case studies and conversations with mobile developers about “how they built it.” This new […]

Bank Technology News – Penny Crosman was named editor in chief at Bank Technology Newsthis month. She previously served as the executive editor of Bank Systems & Technology. She replaces Rebecca Sausner who is now serving as editor at large.

Adweek – Following the merger of Brandweek/Mediaweek/Adweek, Katy Bachman, Senior Editor at Mediaweek will now be covering Washington DC issues for Adweek. Staff Writer, Mike Shields will now cover mobile marketing for the publication.

BrandWeek/MediaWeek/AdWeek – In the upcoming weeks, Brandweek and Mediaweek will become part of the new, completely redesigned Adweek, Prometheus Global Media announced. The merger will take place in print and online. The final issues of Brandweek and Mediaweekwere released Monday. Each of the three magazines has been published for nearly 20 years. The three separate publications, and their targeted audience, were central to a […]

ABI Research – Kelvin Chan has been named Industry Analyst, M2M Connectivity. Based in Singapore as part of ABI Research’s Asia Pacific research practice, Kelvin is an industry analyst covering cellular machine-to-machine and wireless networking. Prior to joining ABI Research, Kelvin was a team leader at iWOW Technologies, where he was responsible for product development and […]

Engadget – Editors Joanna Stern and Chris Ziegler have left the publication. Joanna had been with Engaget since 2009, she previously worked at Gizmodo and LAPTOP Magazine. Chris was with the publication for five years. Additionally, Tim Stevens was appointed editor in chief. He most recently served as the automotive editor and has been writing for the blog since May 2008. […]