executive hires

• Teespring Taps Silicon Valley Vet Frost Li To Advise Through Growth Curve
• Studio71 Ups Adam Boorstin — Architect Of Its OTT Push And Podcast Business — To COO

  Studio71, the digital content producer and creator firm, has promoted chief business officer Adam Boorstin to a new role, effective immediately: COO.

  
• Twitch Names Sunita Kaur First Managing Director, APAC, Amid Asia-Pacific Push

  As it seeks to expand operations in the Asia-Pacific region, Amazon-owned streamer Twitch has hired former Spotify exec Sunita Kaur to spearhead its efforts there.

  
• Snap Names Former OWN Exec Jill Dickerson Head Of Unscripted Programming

  Media vet Jill Dickerson, who has been at the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) for over a decade -- most recently as SVP of programming and development -- has departed the company to join Snap’s original content team.

  
• Amid 2020 Music Push, Twitch Names Athena Koumis Partnerships Manager
• Verizon Media Names Veteran Tech Exec Rathi Murthy CTO
• Vice Taps Gizmodo Vet Susie Banikarim As Head Of Newsgathering — A New Role
• Disney+ Names Former AMC Exec Chris Loveall VP Of International Content
• YouTube Taps Viacom Vet Shana Tepper As New Head Of Entertainment Comms
• Former Zynga Exec Doug Scott Joins Twitch As Chief Marketing Officer
• VidCon Names Founding AwesomenessTV Exec Carter Hansen First VP Of Programming
• Viral Video Upstart ‘Doing Things Media’ Appoints Former Group Nine Exec President, Taps Starry Advisers