Company Town : Warner Records Names Senior Ad Director

Laurie Burke has been named senior director of advertising and merchandising for Warner Bros. Records.

* Paul Feldsher has been named senior vice president of production for Touchstone Pictures.

* Patti Conte has been named senior vice president of media and artist relations for Atlantic Records.

* MCA Music has named Tim Stedman vice president of its art department and Vartan vice president of creative packaging.

* Virgin Records has named Suzanne MacNary senior director of publicity.

* Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has named Susan Kroll senior vice president of international channels, programming and operations.

* Julie Bergman has joined Caravan Pictures, where she will oversee development and production of feature film products.

* Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group has named Claudia Martin vice president of credit and title administration.

* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has named Garret G. Gerlich senior vice president of post production and Jeffrey A. Coleman vice president of production. Bruce Markoe has been promoted to vice president of post production.

* Larry W. Wangberg, president and CEO of Times Mirror Cable Television, has been elected chairman of the National Cable Television Assn.

* Stephanie Robinson has been named director of corporate planning for Sony Pictures Entertainment in Culver City.