Sandra Pugielli has left CHUM Ltd., where she was director of publicity for music and youth channels, to join CanWest MediaWorks Inc. as director of publicity, television and radio. She will be in charge of all publicity efforts for Global Television and will coordinate publicity for other TV brands (CH/Global News/Specialty Networks). She takes up her new job in late November. Also joining CanWest’s publicity team in the next few weeks are Yvonne Chiang as publicist for Global News, and Dan Kenning as publicist for the specialty networks. Chiang will be based in Vancouver, and Kenning in Winnipeg. The company is still searching for a Calgary-based publicist.

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