AP Entertainment appoints 3 to new positions

The Associated Press has appointed three managers to new positions as part of its expansion of entertainment coverage across the globe in all formats.

Alicia Quarles, an entertainment broadcast producer and manager for AP, has been named editor for national entertainment video. Antonia Ball, London entertainment news editor for AP Television, has been named editor for international entertainment video. Nick Moore, online video manager in New York, has been named manager of entertainment operations and output.

The appointments were announced Monday by Dan Becker, AP's director of entertainment content, to whom all three managers will report.

"We believe that this group, with their vast knowledge of entertainment and their management skills, is a terrific team ready to lead the AP forward in global video coverage," Becker said.

- Quarles, 26, will be based in New York and direct AP's entertainment video coverage in the United States, leading staff based primarily in New York and Los Angeles.

Quarles is a native of Modesto, Calif., and she received a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California. After graduation, she worked for AP Television as an entertainment reporter and producer in Los Angeles. In 2005, she was promoted to senior producer in New York.

Her experience includes covering the Grammys, Academy Awards and Golden Globes, and she has secured interviews with top entertainers from around the world.

- Ball, 36, will remain in London and direct video coverage in international markets. She is originally from Stoke-on-Trent, England, and graduated with honors in combined arts from Leicester University. Soon after, she joined the entertainment department of Worldwide Television News as a production coordinator. As she advanced to producer, she became an integral part of the team that established WTN as the market leader in entertainment news. WTN was acquired by AP in 1998.

In addition to handling an array of celebrity interviews, Ball has covered Live 8 and the BAFTAs, tours by U2 and the Rolling Stones, and the Cannes and Venice film festivals.

- Moore, 43, will direct operations across video, photo and text to ensure a consistent editorial process. He will be based in New York.

A native of Cincinnati, Moore graduated cum laude from Middlebury College. After spending five years as a reporter and producer for America's Defense Monitor in Washington, D.C., he joined AP. He has been a producer for AP Television in New York, Beijing, New Delhi, London and Moscow, and has reported from around the globe for AP and other outlets, including CNN and "60 Minutes." Moore has been the online video manager in New York for the past two years.

All three positions will work closely with photo and text colleagues to provide video for global broadcast and online markets.

(This version CORRECTS Corrects Ball's title to London entertainment news editor. )