MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE: has signed a license agreement with Major League Baseball Properties to produce customized MLB team controllers for the PlayStation2 and the Xbox gaming systems. The San Diego-based company recently announced similar licensing agreements with the National Football League and the National Basketball Association.
MEREDITH CORP.: New York City, hired Wendy Riches as executive VP for Meredith Integrated Marketing, a new post at the publishing company. Riches has been working as a consultant to Meredith; she previously had been executive creative director and managing director of Ogilvy & Mather Direct, and president-CEO of Ogilvy One North America.