Karen Huschilt is VP of sales for Standard Interactive, the online division of Standard Radio, for its network of 132 websites in Canada. Huschilt comes to the new role from Transcontinental Media, where she worked as national sales manager for new media. Previously, she was director of online sales at Alliance Atlantis.

The company, which boasts 3.7 million monthly unique visitors to its online properties, also named Stefan Powell VP operations and Brad Gilliland content syndication director. Powell previously worked for Torstar, where he held the roles of technology manager for Toronto.com and director of strategic development for SHOPTV Canada. Gilliland was formerly with Sam Feldman and Associates, and IMG.