By Kevin McCauley
MEREDITH RECRUITS AOL VETERAN
Meredith Corp. has named Jon Werther, an AOL alumnus, chief strategy officer, to plot new initiatives at the publisher of women’s magazines such as Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies’ Home Journal, More and Everyday with Rachel Ray.
Werner helped guide AOL’s transition from dial-up service to a web-based media company. As executive VP-integrated operations, Werther was in charge of process improvement, acquisitions, strategic development and global growth.
Most recently, he held the president position at Simulmedia, an audience-targeted TV ad network that reaches more than 100M U.S. households.
Werther will report to Stephen Lacy, Meredith’s chairman and CEO, when he joins the company on April 30.
TNR PUB SHIFTS TO MACNEIL-LEHRER
Michael Rancilio, publisher and COO at The New Republic, is joining MacNeil-Lehrer Productions on May 1 as VP-development and chief revenue officer.
He will be in charge of corporate underwriting, foundation relations and individual giving for the company and the PBS NewsHour.
Rancilio, 40, handled consumer marketing and sales at AOL and The Atlantic before joining TNR.
Bo Jones, president at MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, says Rancilio track record in building revenue streams and appreciation of quality journalism makes him a good fit at the company.
SUN’S ROYAL EDITOR ARRESTED
Scotland Yard arrested Duncan Larcombe, who covers British royalty for the Sun tabloid, as part of its investigation in the hacking scandal.
He has written extensively about Prince William, his wife Kate Middleton and her sister, Pippa.
The arrests come a week before News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch and deputy COO and son James are to give further testimony in the ethics probe of the now-defunct News of the World tabloid.
Scotland Yard said the arrest of Larcombe was based on information provided to it by News Corp’s management and standards committee that was established to probe the scandal.
Police have arrested 45 people in connection with hacking at News Corp. properties.
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