New York-based interactive agency R/GA has hired four account directors in its client services department: Greg Faherty, Jenny Harris, Rob Pulciani and Gabe Weiss. Faherty was previously a senior partner and account director at Ogilvy & Mather NY. Harris joins R/GA after seven years as a partner, management supervisor at OgilvyOne, while Pulciani comes to R/GA after having worked most recently at Y&R Brands/Wunderman, as a vice president management supervisor on the AT&T Internet Services and Microsoft accounts. Weiss was previously a management supervisor at Grey Interactive.
MSN will launch a new Web site next month to promote the upcoming CBS reality show “Rock Star: INXS.” The site — rockstar.msn.com — will feature contestants’ performances from the show, exclusive content filmed for the site, playlists from contestants and members of INXS, blogs, chat rooms, polls, quizzes and link to purchase merchandise. The show, set to debut Monday, July 11, is a competition to select a new lead singer for the Australian band. The original lead singer of INXS, Michael Hutchence, committed suicide in Nov. 1997.
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