Fates & Fortunes

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Darryl Griffin, national sales manager, WHIO Dayton, Ohio, named national sales manager, WPXI Pittsburgh, WJAC Johnstown, Pa., and WTOV Steubenville, Ohio/Wheeling, W.Va.

Jeff Taylor, weekend meteorologist WFOR Miami, named meteorologist, weekend morning news, WBBM Chicago.

At Fox News Channel, New York: David Rhodes, director, newsgathering, named VP, news; Jay Wallace, executive producer, Fox Report and Studio B With Shepard Smith, also named executive producer, news.

Rodman Gregg, head of TV development and production, RKO Pictures, named VP, content, Concrete Pictures, Los Angeles/Philadelphia.

At The Insider, CBS Paramount Domestic Television, Hollywood, Calif.: DJ Petroro, senior producer, promoted to co-executive producer; Antony Beilinsohn, senior supervising producer, named senior producer.

John Mafoutsis, VP, international marketing partnerships, MTV Networks Latin America, Miami, promoted to senior VP, ad sales.

Christian Vesper, VP, acquisitions, program planning and scheduling, Sundance Channel, New York, promoted to senior VP.

At BBC, Kevin Bishop, senior broadcast journalist, appointed senior producer, BBC News, New York; Jeremy Hillman, news, business, and UN operations, BBC, New York, returns to London as editor, BBC World News.

At Sony Pictures Television International: Andy Bishop, director, business development and sales planning, mobile entertainment, promoted to VP, sales and business development, mobile entertainment, Los Angeles; Stephen Brough, mobile content sales specialist, VSNL International, Miami, appointed director, mobile entertainment, Latin America, Miami; Rosemary Tan, regional new media director/head of new media business development, Universal Music Asia, Hong Kong, named director, mobile entertainment, Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong; Rose Tsang, senior new media manager, Universal Music Asia, Hong Kong, joins as manager, mobile entertainment, Asia- Pacific, Hong Kong.

At AmericanLife TV, Washington: Renee Narrol, director, affiliate sales, NBC Universal, Chicago, tapped as VP, Central region; Shera Higgs-Thomson, events coordinating manager, Events by André Wells Inc., Washington, named marketing coordinator.

At VH1: Wendy Weatherford, VP, consumer promotion, events and interactive marketing, USA Network, joins as VP, consumer marketing group; Tony Maxwell, freelance supervisor, on-air promotions team, tapped as VP, on-air promotions; Traci Terrill, director, creative and consumer marketing group, promoted to editorial director.

Marlea Willis, director, public relations, A&E Network/The Biography Channel, tapped as senior director, public relations, AMC/WE tv, New York.

Doug Jacobs, executive VP/general counsel, Court TV, named senior VP/general counsel, A&E Television Networks, New York.

Warren Smith, formerly a senior legal and business affairs executive, FremantleMedia, named director, sales, international on-demand licensing, NBC Universal Television International Distribution, Universal City, Calif.