Julia Allison has joined Time Out New York as the writer a dating column for the weekly’s Seek section. Most recently, Allison penned a weekly column titled "The Dating Life" for AM New York. She has written for a variety of magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Maxim, New York, Teen Vogue, Men's Health, Seventeen, and Capitol File.

Kendall Smith has been named account director for Rodale’s Men’s Health. He joins the publication from Wired, where he also served as account director.

Marc Rebucci has been named advertising director of Country Home. Dante Gaudio and Bill Shaner will jointly replace Rebucci as eastern sales managers at Better Homes and Gardens.

Joseph Petrosino, former advertising director at Country Home has been named eastern advertising director for Rodale's Prevention.

Advanstar Communications title License! Global has added a number of new members to its staff. Tony Lisanti joins the publication as editor-in-chief. He most recently held the position of editorial director at Lebhar-Friedman Inc. Karen Gaynin joins as publisher of the magazine. She most recently worked in public relations working with brands like Revlon and Samsung. Michael Browne was most recently executive editor of Convenience Store News and will assume the role of managing editor, while Steven Ekstract has been named group publisher for the License! Global group and Regina Molaro has been named senior editor.

Scott Daniels has been promoted to managing editor of Scouting Magazine. Daniels was most recently the magazine's executive editor.