New Media Exec at Disney Channel

The Disney Channel has promoted Kevin Trudgeon to manager of media relations.

* Katie Callahan has been promoted to director of international television distribution at New World Entertainment.

* Rick Vokulich has been named senior vice president of business affairs for Fox Broadcasting.

* Mike Fitzgerald has been appointed vice president of technical operations for the Universal Studios Operations Group.

* Barbara DeGroot has been named vice president of worldwide promotions at Warner Bros.

* Jacqueline Blum has been appointed senior vice president of worldwide licensing and marketing for Film Roman.

* Caren Shalek has joined Children’s Television Workshop as group vice president of licensing for the Americas and product development worldwide.

* Steve Cipolla has been named to vice president of filmed entertainment licensing for Disney Consumer Products.

* Bill Carroll and Mike Greenfield have formed Carroll, Greenfield & Co., a motion picture advertising company.

* Jennifer Anne Smithson has been named director of legal affairs for intellectual property, Saban Entertainment.

* Dennis Handlin has been appointed chairman of Sony Music Entertainment Australia.

* Jan Pasquale has been promoted to vice president of HBO audience research.

* Kennedy Marshall has hired Robin Schorr as senior vice president of development and Wendy Taeuber as vice president of development.

* Dawn Rosenquist has been appointed vice president of promotion for Rysher Entertainment. Timothy Mudd was promoted to senior vice president of pay TV, basic and network features.

* Kenneth Scherer has been named chief executive for the Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation, an entertainment industry charity.

* JoAnn Kaeding has been appointed senior director of Elektra/Sire International marketing, and Shawn Kilmurray has been appointed international production manager for Elektra Entertainment Group.

* MGM Interactive has named Robb Alvey and Fred Skoler directors of production for multimedia games and related software.

* Worldvision Enterprises has appointed Jacqueline Majers director of publicity and promotion.

* GRB Entertainment has appointed Debby Reid production executive.

* Leyla Turkkan has joined the artists and repertoire division of Tom Zutaut’s Enclave label, a New York-based firm launched six months ago by EMI Music.

* At Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Fla., Scott Fishman has been appointed to assistant general manager and vice president of production services and Tim Quealy has been promoted to general manager.

* David Evans has been named design manager of promotion and public relations for National Geographic Television.

* Ron Rubin has been named vice president of international promotions for Twentieth Century Fox International.