July 17, 2007 10:21 AM PDT
Google hires 'Rolling Stone' publisher
Google has hired the publisher of Rolling Stone magazine to be its sales director in New York, according to a report onAdage.com that was confirmed by a Rolling Stone spokeswoman.
Tim Castelli has been publisher of Rolling Stone since April 2006. Before that he was associate publisher at Maxim magazine.
As a magazine executive who moved to Google he follows in the footsteps of former Time magazine President Eileen Naughton. She joined Google as head of ad sales in New York last year.
Spokespeople at Google did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment.
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.
