Tuesday, April 1, 2008

PopCap Installs Rotholtz As Marketing VP

Casual video game publisher PopCap Games reported Monday that it has hired Ben Rotholtz as vice president of marketing, effective immediately. In the newly created role, Rotholtz will manage the Seattle-based company's Web site, as well as its advertising, public relations, marketing and promotional efforts. He will report directly to David Roberts, PopCap's chief executive officer. Before joining PopCap, Rotholtz spent nine years at RealNetworks, most recently as general manager of Real's online music service, Rhapsody. He also enjoyed stints as general manager of products and systems, general manager of business affairs and general manager of Web services and syndication. Prior to RealNetworks, Rotholtz worked for page design software publisher Aldus Corp. and desktop-publishing giant Adobe.