Short Cuts

Carol Watson Lassiter has been appointed senior vice president of sales and marketing at Market Place Media, Santa Barbara, CA. Lassiter has been at the New York Times, most recently as national advertising director for the New York Times Upfront, a teen news magazine.

Stamps.com an online mailing and shipping service provider, has named Peter Bergman executive vice president and general manager of its Small Business Strategic Business Unit. Bergman had been vice president of marketing and Customer Care for Canon Inc.

Nu Skin Enterpreises, Provo, UT, has made two appointments within its Pharmanex division. Joseph Y. Chang, PhD, has been named president and Robert S. Conlee was tapped to be its chief operating officer. The appointments are effective immediately. William E. McGlashan Jr., the former president, will continue working with the company as a strategic advisor.