FNC announced that Jeff Misenti has been named GM and VP of Fox News Digital and Refet Kaplan has been promoted to Managing Director at Foxnews.com…

Jeff Misenti has been named General Manager and Vice President for FOX News Digital and Refet Kaplan has been named Managing Director at Foxnews.com, it was jointly announced by Foxnews.com Vice President Ken LaCorte, and Senior Vice President Mark Kranz.

Misenti will oversee the strategic development and expansion of new web sites for Foxnews.com, including the new business and health sections. He will also coordinate cross-channel synergies of business relationships for FOX News internet operations, drawing on years of previous web site product development and integration experience.

Prior to joining FOX News, Misenti worked for Dow Jones, where he was the Senior Director of Product Development and Marketing. In this role, he helped to shape online news and financial content strategy for Dow Jones properties and led the development and integration of the MarketWatch “Live News” product for CNN Money. Before Dow Jones, Misenti held Senior Product Development positions at Reuters, and led the launch of SureTrade, a Fleet/Bank of America Company, one of the first online brokerages.

Current Northeast Bureau Chief and former Foxnews.com Executive Editor Refet Kaplan returns to the Internet division as Managing Director. His responsibilities will include the expanding recruitment for editorial operations as well as the creation and coordination of new and existing content for the site.

According to Nielsen Media Research, Foxnews.com ranked fifth among all news websites in total minutes and total visits for the month of June and grew its Unique Audience by 37% over last year.