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Sinofsky Out At Microsoft
Redmond, Wash. – Top Microsoft Windows Live exec Steven Sinofsky has left the company and will be replaced by Julie Larson-Green, effective immediately. Sinofsky...
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Polk Veteran Ballard Leaves Company
Baltimore — Al Ballard, a 27-year Polk veteran, left the company. Ballard’s most recent position was marketing VP. “Polk is still deciding how to...
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Hardy Adds Role Of CEO At Polaroid
Minneapolis – Scott W. Hardy, president of PLR Holdings (Polaroid), has added the responsibility of CEO to his role with the company. As Polaroid’s...
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Best Buy Hires Expedia Prez To Head Online
Minneapolis – Best Buy has appointed former Expedia Worldwide president Scott Durchslag as president of its online and global e-commerce operations. Durchslag is Best...
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Petra Names Price Wireless Merch Director
Edmond, Okla. – Petra Industries has named Amber Price to wireless sales and merchandising director. Price, who has been with the distributor since 2002,...
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Skullcandy Names Wescoat As CFO
Park City, Utah — Skullcandy has named Kyle B. Wescoat as senior VP and chief financial officer. The appointment will become effective Oct. 1....
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Pentax’s Bunnell To Retire Sept. 30
Denver, Co. – Ned Bunnell, president of Pentax’s American operations for the past seven years, will retire, effective Sept. 30, said Noboru Akahane, Pentax...
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Milligan To Take Western Digital’s Helm
Irvine, Calif. – Western Digital announced that company president Steve Milligan will take over as CEO, effective Jan. 2, 2013. Milligan will replace current...
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CEA To Mark 90th Birthday Of Industry Icon Jack Wayman
Arlington, Va. – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is recognizing the achievements and celebrating the 90th birthday this month of Jack Wayman and his...
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Wireless Remote Inventor Polley Dies At 96
Chicago – Eugene J. Polley, who invented the first wireless remote control for television while working for Zenith, died yesterday at 96. Polley died...
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Lyons Named Definitive Engineering VP
Baltimore – Speaker maker Definitive Technology promoted technical director Matt Lyons to the position of engineering VP. Lyons has been with Definitive since 2007....
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JL Promotes Gates To Finance VP
Miramar, Fla. – Home and mobile audio supplier JL Audio promoted Clare Gates to finance VP from controller. She has been with the company...
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Record Exec Tapped As Beats President
Los Angeles – Beats Electronics has named music executive Luke Wood president and COO. Wood was the chief strategy officer of Interscope Geffen A&M...
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Bitzer To Head Whirlpool N.A.; Electrolux Picks New HQ
Benton Harbor, Mich. – Whirlpool’s U.S. operations president Marc Bitzer will succeed Michael Todman as president of Whirlpool North America, effective Jan. 1. Todman,...
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Dunn Succeeds Anderson At Best Buy
Minneapolis — Brian Dunn formally succeeded Brad Anderson as CEO of Best Buy during its annual meeting Tuesday morning, and pointed to product connectivity as...
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Whirlpool’s Swift Resigns; Todman Named President
Beleaguered Whirlpool president David Swift has resigned after running the company’s North American operations for nearly six years. He has been succeeded by the...
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TWICE’s September 17, 2001 Issue
Of all the issues TWICE has published in the past 20 years, probably the Sept. 17, 2001 issue is the one that generated the...
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Digeo Takes Another Sony Vet
Kirkland, Wash. — Paul Allen’s Digeo raided Sony Electronics’ television marketing department for the second time in a month — this time tapping the...
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Todman Takes Whirlpool Helm Amid Stormy Majap Seas
This past March, No. 1 majap maker Whirlpool promoted Mike Todman, senior VP/sales and marketing, to executive VP/Whirlpool North America, giving him full responsibility...
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