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Suzanna Mandryk has been named VP of communications and marketing at VisionTV. She will oversee corporate communications and spearhead the organization’s branding and marketing initiatives. She was most recently senior VP of marketing at the online tee-time reservation network Book4golf.com Corp. Previously, she joined YTV as VP of marketing and public relations in 1997, and was promoted to VP of corporate marketing and communications at YTV’s parent company Corus Entertainment Inc. She has also served as VP of marketing for the small business market at Bell Canada, and as VP of the consumer services group at American Express Inc. Paul Lamontagne has been named CEO and director of Look Communications Inc. He is currently president, a title that he will keep. He rejoined Look in September 2001 to steer the company’s strategic refocusing and relaunch. The new director of corporate communications at Look is Denyse Thiffault. Ken Johnson, senior VP at CanWest Media Sales, has been appointed head of television sales. As well, Ron Clark has been appointed senior VP of the newspaper division. Johnson will be responsible for advertising sales for CanWest Global Television Network, CH Television, and its specialty channels. Clark will be responsible for advertising sales for the company’s Canadian newspapers. Mario Cecchini, a former Telemedia veteran, has been named VP network sales at Television Quatre Saisons. Joel Goldberg has been named to the newly created position of managing director of production at Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Ltd. Peter Pereira has been appointed chief information officer and VP of information services at Telus Corp. Gary Fearnall has been named president of the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) of Canada. James Alexander Muir has been promoted to the position of VP of marketing and advertising sales at The Globe and Mail. Previously VP of advertising sales, he will be responsible for advertising revenue for the Globe and ROB Magazine, as well as having additional responsibilities in consumer and trade marketing, research, event management and some advertising production. Former Group Vidéotron ltée president André Chagnon has been inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.CHUM Ltd. chair and president Allan Waters was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame on February 28. He is being recognized for his lifetime achievement in the Canadian music and broadcast industries. In memory Veteran journalist and former CTV national news anchor Harvey Kirck passed away on February 18. His first staff job was as a news announcer at CJIC in Sault Ste. Marie ON. He worked in radio until 1960, when he was hired as a news presenter at Hamilton’s CHCH-TV. He became CTV’s anchor in 1963, and worked there until 1984. David Mintz, the former president of Global Television Network, passed away February 5 at his home in Toronto. He joined Global in November 1979 and retired in 1993. He started his career as a radio announcer in a number of small markets before becoming the morning radio announcer at WKBW in Buffalo NY. He served on the board of directors of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, and on the board of directors of the CBS Network Affiliates.

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