executive hire

• Former Musical.ly President Alex Hofmann Joins Music Messaging App TuneMoji
• BuzzFeed Names Former Meredith Exec Melinda Lee Its First Chief Content Officer

  When Lee joins BuzzFeed late next month, she will be tasked with growing the BuzzFeed Media Brands division, which includes the viral recipe hub Tasty.

  
• Snapchat Taps New Exec To Oversee Relationships With Influencers, Celebrities

  Lauren Gallo previously served as senior brand and marketing strategy lead at Apple, and, before that, worked at Nike in the global digital marketing department.

  
• Spotify’s Global Hip Hop Head Tuma Basa Departs Company For YouTube (Report)

  Basa formerly served as Spotify’s global programming head of hip hop, and was also the curator of the company’s cult-favorite RapCaviar playlist.

  
• Christa Carone To Oversee Sales, Marketing, and Data As Group Nine’s New President
• Twitch Names Former Maker Exec General Manager Of Global Content Development
• Group Nine Media Names Former DNC Exec April Mellody Head Of Corporate PR
• Twitch Names Twitter And Facebook Veteran Kate Jhaveri SVP Of Marketing
• Refinery29 Names New Head Of Talent To Integrate Digital, Traditional Stars Into Shows