TV Guide Magazine Adds Top Personnel

Veteran television journalist Jim Halterman will be joining TV Guide Magazine as West Coast bureau chief on Monday, Aug. 1. Halterman will be based out of TV Guide Magazine’s Los Angeles office and will report to Editorial Director Nerina Rammairone. 

Additionally, the magazine has appointed Christine Petrillo as VP, brand partnerships, also effective Aug. 1. Petrillo will be based in TV Guide Magazine’s New York office and will report to President Paul Turcotte.

The new hires come on the heels of a revamp of the publication rolled out in June.

Halterman has been covering the television landscape for nearly a decade. Most recently, he was an editor at Xfinity.com and TVFanatic.com. Previously he held positions as a television contributor at Variety, Mashable, TheFutonCritic.com, AfterEllen.com, CBS Watch magazine, Out.com and more.

Halterman is a member of the Television Critics Association, the Broadcast Television Journalist Association, the National Lesbian Gay Journalist Association and the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association.

Petrillo most recently was director, branded entertainment sales at iHeartMedia and prior to that she has held integrated media sales positions at CORE Media Group, Alloy Digital and Alloy Media & Marketing, Hachette Filipacchi, Glamour,Redbook, Town & Country, InsideTV and more.