WASHINGTON, DC: BET Holdings, a black-owned and operated media conglomerate, has added Michael Lewellen as VP of corporate communications. Lewellen, who joins the company today from his post as VP of media relations for Fox Sports Net, will serve as the lead spokesperson and PR strategist for BET’s entertainment properties, which include five TV networks and publishing, Internet and radio interests.
WASHINGTON, DC: BET Holdings, a black-owned and operated media
conglomerate, has added Michael Lewellen as VP of corporate
communications. Lewellen, who joins the company today from his post as
VP of media relations for Fox Sports Net, will serve as the lead
spokesperson and PR strategist for BET’s entertainment properties, which
include five TV networks and publishing, Internet and radio
interests.
NEW YORK: RLM Public Relations has signed seven new Internet clients,
representing dollars 1.1 million in annual billings. The new clients
include: Flashbase.com, a provider of customizable database
applications; ZIPREALTY.COM, an online real estate brokerage;
Politics.com; Internet Appliance Network; Predictit.com; EPOD; and
Umagic.net.
CHESTER, NJ: Grafica, a New Jersey-based integrated shop, has tabbed
Mark Devaney as director of public relations. Formerly a hi-tech PR
manager with Spector & Associates and a writing instructor at Rutgers
University, Devaney will oversee traditional and interactive PR
programs. He will continue in his role as a contributing columnist for
US Industry Today Magazine and channelseven.com.
NEW YORK: TV Guide has hired Lauren Snyder away from Edelman to serve as
its SVP of corporate communications, a newly created post. Snyder will
oversee all corporate PR, including branding initiatives for TV Guide’s
magazine group and online arm.
SAN FRANCISCO: Consumer tech boutique Connors Communications has picked
up two new West Coast clients: Snippets.com, a San Francisco-based
Internet software company, and online discussion forums company
Remarq.com.
WALNUT CREEK, CA: Leslie Howard, formerly VP of marketing and corporate
communications at New York Internet shop 24/7, has joined OpenAuto.com
as VP of marketing. The Walnut Creek, CA-based start-up serves as an
open market for online car buyers.
CHICAGO: The acquisition-happy Lighthouse Holdings has changed its name
to Lighthouse Global Network to better emphasize its global reach. The
company has also named Julian Hanson-Smith, a co-founder of the recently
acquired Financial Dynamics, as COO and senior operating manager in
Europe.
MINNEAPOLIS: Online training and education company wwwrrr.net has hired
Jean Golden as director of communications. Golden, who previously served
as corporate communications director for the Rainforest Cafe, will
oversee media relations, IR and advertising.
ALBANY: Shur-Gain USA, a supplier of nutrition technology, has tapped
Eric Mower & Associates for a marketing communications program.
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ: The MWW Group has added 20-year industry veteran
Karen Barnett as an SVP. Barnett has previously led PR programs for
Procter & Gamble and Reebok.
