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Victoria’s Secret Direct Names Mead New CEO

Exactly one year after leaving her president/CEO post at apparel cataloger Lands’ End, Mindy Meads, on August 4, will become president and CEO of women’s intimates cataloger Victoria’s Secret Direct, writes Multichannel Merchant.

Other changes for Victoria’s Secret include parent company Limited Brands’ plan to reorganize as an integrated business structure with one operating model, working under the leadership of the group’s president/CEO Sharen Jester Turney. Also, former evp of logistic operations for Limited Logistics Services Rick Jackson will join Meads at Victoria’s Secret Direct, serving as chief operating officer of the direct unit.

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Clear Channel Signs Senior Execs to Long-term Contracts, Promotes Four

Clear Channel Radio will keep pres and CEO John Hogan on for at least five more years, and has promoted four members of its senior management team.

On the ops side, Mark Kopelman and George Toulas have been promoted to…

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Sports Illustrated Creates Online Auction for Ad Space

Sports Illustrated has created an online auction, powered by eBay, to sell some of its inventory across print, digital and events media in order to give the sales force more time to sell more effectively.

Parent company Time Inc. hopes…

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WSJ Joins FreeRange Mobile Publishing Platform

Today, FreeRange launched its Mobile Publishing Platform, which boasts clients like PaidContent, Fierce Markets and The Wall Street Journal Digital Network.

The platform serves mobile coverage and branded content across BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm devices, writes MarketingVOX.

Content is…

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Fox Fights ABC for First this Fall

ABC may have a tough time keeping its No. 1 slot in the upcoming fall season. Fox, which has handily beat the competition in recent years in the later part of the season thanks in large part to hits like…

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eMarketer Revises Online Video Ad Spend Projections Downward

Advertisers will spend $505 million on online video advertising in 2008, according to a downward-revised projection by eMarketer, which said the significant drop was “due to changes in methodology, based on historical data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), eMarketer’s benchmark…

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Second-Gen Hispanics Use Bilingual Social Nets

Young Hispanics want social media that’s delivered in a bilingual environment, says Boston-based social media company Communispace.

The company reached that conclusion via a study of 1,000 consumers that looked at how Hispanic consumers participate in web-based forums. The study…

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