[BusinessTeam] FW: atNewYork.com - Daily - December 6, 2000

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* Millard to Leave DoubleClick 
* Primedia's Internet Unit Gets new CEO 

== Millard to Leave DoubleClick == 

By Christopher Saunders 

A top DoubleClick executive will be leaving the company to join a content 
play, in the wake of recently announced staff cuts and executive shuffles
-- 
shuffles that ended with her in a key leadership position. 

Wenda Harris Millard, formerly DoubleClick's executive vice president of 
global media, will likely finish out the week at DoubleClick before
heading 
to the top position at Ziff Davis Internet, an online unit of technology 
magazine publisher Ziff Davis Media. 

Millard was one of DoubleClick's first employees, having served previously

as head of domestic media operations.  Last month, Millard was moved to
the 
company's global media practice, reporting to Barry Salzman, who the
company 
tapped as president of global media.  Salzman had previously overseen 
international media. 

Millard joined DoubleClick in 1996 as one of its first employees,
following 
a 21-year career in publishing and advertising.  She previously served as 
president and group publisher of media and marketing information publisher

SRDS.  In stints prior to SRDS, Millard held posts including senior vice 
president and publisher of women's magazine Family Circle and executive
vice 
president and group publisher for ad/marketing trades Adweek, Mediaweek
and 
Brandweek. 

On Dec. 11, Millard will add the post of president at Ziff Davis Internet
to 
that resume, as well as chief Internet officer and director at Ziff Davis 
Media. 

"Ziff Davis Media has the quality brands that deliver value and
opportunity 
to marketers," Millard said in a statement. "At Ziff Davis Internet, we
are 
going to leverage innovative technology to deliver the most compelling 
content and effective marketing solutions." 

Millard did not return calls by press time. 

DoubleClick isn't the first ad serving and technology firm to lose 
executives to Ziff Davis Media.  Spokespeople from Ziff Davis Media said 
that two vice presidents from CMGI-owned Engage would be joining Ziff
Davis 
Internet: Jenny Gomatos, Engage's former vice president of media sales,
will 
become the company's vice president of sales, and Engage's West Coast
sales 
director Michele Anet-Kuhns will join as national sales director. 

Her departure leaving comes just days after DoubleClick announced its
first 
serious layoffs.  The Silicon Alley-based company said Monday that it 
planned to cut around 170 employees, or eight percent of its workforce.
The 
company said that move is aimed at aligning its internal structure under 
executive changes it announced in November -- namely, Millard's and 
Salzman's new posts.  DoubleClick spokespeople did not return calls by
press 
time. 

* Christopher Saunders (csaunders@internet.com) is an assistant editor
with 
atNewYork sister publication Internet Advertising Report 
(http://www.internetnews.com/IAR). 

== Primedia's Internet Unit Gets new CEO == 

The Intertec Publishing and Event Unit of Web publishing play Primedia
Inc. 
has named Tim Andrews its new chief executive officer. 

Previously, Andrews had been president and CEO of Primedia's IndustryClick

unit, which will continue to report to him. IndustryClick is the 
business-to-business Internet company, which builds and operates b-to-b 
vertical online communities serving industries. 

Additionally, Primedia announced the promotion of Ron Wall to president of

Intertec. Wall was previously chief operating officer of Intertec. 

The company said Andrews would replace the Cam Bishop, who departed as
CEO. 
Wall's position is newly-created position. 

Andrews joined Primedia earlier this year as the president and CEO of 
IndustryClick. Prior to joining Primedia, Andrews was the founding
president 
and CEO of Factiva, the Dow Jones/Reuters joint venture. 

Wall has been involved in ad sales at Intertec since 1978. Primedia said
he 
has served as national sales manager, publisher of several magazines,
group 
publisher and group vice president. More recently he has served as senior 
vice president, president in the tech and transportation division. Since 
February 1999, he has been serving as chief operating officer. 

"The management change is part of Primedia's continuing efforts to sharpen

focus on enhancing revenue growth by integrating its traditional and new 
media businesses under single leadership, particularly in the area of
sales 
management," Primedia said in a statement. 

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