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Tokyo – Hiroshi Yamauchi, 85, the former Nintendo president that helped to change a playing card company into a video game empire, died Thursday...

Portland, Ore. — Steve McNally has joined Electrical Distributing, Inc. (EDI) as executive VP.  McNally is a veteran CE sales executive who has developed...

San Francisco- Dolby Laboratories founder Dr. Ray Dolby died Sept. 12 at his home in San Francisco at age 80. In 1965, Dolby founded...

Arlington, Va. – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reported that Bob Borchardt, former CEA chairman and Recoton Corporation president/CEO, died today at 75. CEA...

Newark, Calif. — Logitech International has hired Vincent Pilette as its new chief financial officer. Pilette, who reports directly to Logitech president/CEO Bracken Darrell,...

 Long Beach, Calif. – Chad Vogelsong, a 17-year JVC veteran, is leaving as marketing GM of JVC’s car entertainment division.  Vogelsong, whose last day...

Redmond, Wash. – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced that he would step down within the next 12 months. Ballmer, who took over as...

San Diego – Soundcast Systems expanded its global sales team with the appointment of LVZ International and owner Linda van Zanten to handle sales...

Long Beach, Calif. – Larry Rougas has left Pioneer’s car electronics division as the senior VP of marketing and product planning to move to...

Secaucus, N.J. – Panasonic North America Friday named former Best Buy executive Julie Bauer as the new president of its Panasonic Consumer Electronics sales...

Eagan, Minn. – Mike Finch has joined Capitol, distribution source for residential systems contractors, retailers, PRO AV contractors, and premium incentive resellers, as a...

New York – Barnes & Noble has eliminated its top CEO slot and created a new one for its Nook Media division.  Ousted was...

Minneapolis — Douglas Dayton, who conceived and led the Target discount store chain in the 1960s, succumbed to cancer on Friday at the age...

Canton, Mass. — William Reagan, founder of LoJack and inventor of the world’s first commercially available consumer-targeted stolen-vehicle location and recovery system, passed away...

Palo Alto, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard’s PC and printing head Todd Bradley was reassigned to the newly created position of executive VP, strategic growth initiatives....

Fort Worth, Texas — RadioShack has promoted franchise VP Marty Amschler to senior VP to reflect his expanded role in mining new business opportunities...

San Francisco — Jawbone, the headphone and wireless speaker company, has appointed Mindy Mount as president, a new position.  Mount was most recently corporate...

St. Petersburg, Fla.- HSNi, the interactive multichannel retailer has named Judy Schmeling chief operating officer, effective immediately, and continues as chief financial officer. Schmeling...

Jupiter, Fla. — Home and car electronics distributor Audio America has named Jonathan Elster CEO, replacing Ryan Munder who will remain as chairman. Elster...

Hoffman Estates, Ill. — Sears Holdings has appointed Jeff Balagna executive VP and chief information officer.  Balagna joins Sears from Eli Lilly, where he held...

Green Bay, Wisc. — Marla Maney has been hired to the newly created position of marketing manager for outdoor and custom flat-panel TV resource...

New York — SiriusXM appointed company veteran Jim Meyer as CEO, replacing Mel Karmazin, who left the company last year before Liberty Media took...

Clarksville, Ga. – Dean Hanby has been named VP of Nationwide East, a regional division of Nationwide Marketing group. He replaces Howard Khouri, who...

Port Washington, N.Y. — Karl Werner has been named U.S. technology president for The NPD Group, the global information company. Werner leads the consumer...

Bushnell, Fla. — Gerard (Jerry) E. Sarvis, 73, a CE industry veteran and founder of GES Distributors, died on March 22. Sarvis, a native...

Stow, Ohio – Audio-Technica founder Hideo Matsushita passed away March 5 at the age of 93 from natural causes, the company announced. A private...

Park City, Utah — Skullcandy has named former Nike general manager Hoby Darling as its new president and CEO. Rick Alden, the company’s founder...

Seoul, South Korea – Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has appointed president Boo-keun Yoon and president J.K. Shin as CEOs of their respective business...