MOVING UP
Newspapers
Howard Finberg, director of information technology for Phoenix Newspapers Inc., has assumed temporary responsibility for the Information Services department.
Katherine Hunter, former advertising-operations manager for the Los Angeles Times, has been named composition and production-planning manager for the Seattle Times Co.
Michael Mayo, former vice president of production for The Beacon Journal of Akron, Ohio, has been named director of production for Knight-Ridder Inc.
John M. O'Brien, former executive vice president and deputy general manager of The New York Times, has been named senior vice president of the New York Times Co.
Stephen E. Taylor has been named president of the Boston Globe Publishing Co. He previously served as executive vice president.
Robert Tigelman has been promoted from information-systems director to vice president of information technology for The Beacon Journal of Akron, Ohio.
Solomon B. Watson has been named senior vice president of the New York Times Co.
Vendors
Jill Arabas has been named a general executive in AP's Newspaper Membership Department.
Milton S. Bradley has joined Cascade Systems Inc. as Eastern regional sales manager.
Michael C. Bush has been named v.p. of operations for Media Newsgroup Inc.
Donovan Charles has been promoted to director of product development and customer service for CE Engineering Publishing Systems Inc.
Richard Close has been named divisional vice president and general manager for Polaroid Graphics Imaging.
Greg Damiani has been hired as an account executive for Advanced Telecom Services.
William J. D'Elia has been named asst. general manager of Garden State Paper Recycling.
Gary Dishman has joined Total Mailroom Systems Inc. as Western region sales manager.
Tim Dudley has been appointed central U.S. sales manager for Machine Design Service Inc.
Ron Erdhardt, Jr., previously national sales manager for Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses, has joined George R. Hall Contracting as director of sales.
George Farnham has been appointed OEM sales manager for Cascade Systems Inc.
William Fey has been appointed regional manager-East for Avenor America Inc.
David Friedman has been named operations manager for Harper Corp. of America.
Bob Gilbert has been promoted to chief operating officer for InfiNet.
Gerald L. Governile has been appointed president of ECRM. Governile was senior vice president and chief operating officer.
Doug Gregory has been appointed Northwest regional account manager for Cascade Systems Inc.
Robert Gust has been promoted to vice president of sales for North America with Indigo America.
Dan Haight has been appointed regional manager-Northwest for Avenor America Inc.
Dean Hoffman has been named v.p. for standard-drive products and systems operations at ABB Industrial Systems Inc.
Ken Hurtubise has been appointed vice president of marketing at ECRM.
Sam Koury has been hired as an account executive for Advanced Telecom Services.
Eric Liquori has recently joined Madison International Sales Co. as marketing manager.
Don Margeson has been appointed v.p. of operations for Avenor America Inc.
John Marshall has been appointed v.p. of national accounts and manager of training and development for Avenor America Inc.
Richard J. Norton has been appointed vice president of technology and systems for Suburban Communication Corp.
Mark Odgers has joined Madison International Sales Co. as vice president of international sales.
Roland Ortbach has been promoted to regional sales manager, Central region, commercial web sales, for MAN Roland Inc.
Richard Petersen has been appointed director of Canadian sales and newsprint communications for Avenor America Inc.
Marc Radosevic has joined Cascade Systems Inc. as Southeast regional account manager.
Greg St. Laurent has been appointed director of strategic marketing-newsprint for Avenor America Inc.
Tom Stuart has been promoted to national sales manager for GMA's newspaper packaging and distribution systems business.
Roger O. Taylor has joined Pitman Co. as one of a team of regional newspaper managers.
Robert Tomes has been appointed manager of national accounts for Avenor America Inc.
Thomas Vizioli has been named general manager of Garden State Paper Recycling.
Pete Yonker has been appointed v.p. of national accounts for Avenor America Inc.
Deborah Zonies has been promoted to president and CEO for Digital Art Exchange.