Jeffrey Kaufman joins Alloy Digital and will serve as the Senior Vice President, Digital Video. In this role, he will lead programming and brand strategy for Alloy's multiple video channels, including original YouTube channels "Shut Up! Cartoons", Deepak Chopra's "The Chopra Well", and "ClevverNews". Jeffrey brings nearly twenty years of media experience to Alloy including expertise in programming development, content and distribution strategy, and social marketing. He previously served as a brand and strategy consultant for YouTube and prior to that, he held the role of VP, Strategic Programming for Howcast Media, where he led branded entertainment initiatives and successfully launched several ground-breaking video-focused social media campaigns across YouTube and Facebook. He has also served as VP Programming and Editorial at NBC where he contributed to the launches of Hulu and the National Broadband Company. (THR)
Fox Networks Group makes several changes following announcements that it will separate its publishing business from its film and television division. Peter Rice becomes the Chairman and Chief Executive of the Fox Networks Group. Since 2010 he's served as Chairman of Entertainment for Fox Networks Group and prior to that he was President of Fox Searchlight and an Executive for Twentieth Century Fox. David Hill has also been promoted to Senior Executive Vice President. He previously occupied the position of Chairman and CEO of Fox Sports. (Fox Business)
Penguin Books for Young Readers made several executive announcements recently including Kenneth Wright becoming the Vice President and Publisher of Viking Children's Books. He previously worked as a literary agent at Writers House. Additionally, Regina Hayes who previously occupied the position of President and Publisher of the imprint will now be the Editor-at-Large. She has been in children's publishing for 30 years. (GalleyCat)
Chris Fetner has been appointed to the position of Director of Content Partner Relationships at Netflix and prior this role, he worked in post-production operations at the BBC. (Media Life Magazine)
Jason Rzepka has been named Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at MTV, upped from his previous position as VP. (Media Life Magazine)
Scott Lewers will oversee programming for Discovery Channel in his new role as Senior Vice President of Programming. In this position, he'll lead program strategy by coordinating across all departments to create and conceptualize series, specials, franchises, and initiatives for domestic telecasts. Previously he was the Vice President of Strategic Multi-Platform Program Planning & Acquisitions at Oxygen Media/NBCU. (Deadline)
Hillary Frey is promoted to Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo! News and in this new role, she will oversee the development of Yahoo! News' original content, develop new franchises, recruit new talent, and will work closely with media partner ABC News to further enhance their relationship. She was previously Managing Editor of Yahoo! News and was highly influential in expanding the brands' political content. Aaron Task is also promoted to Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo! Finance. (Deadline)
Ross Cohen has been appointed to the newly selected position of Senior Vice President of Digital Inventory Strategy for Viacom Media Networks. In this position, he'll oversee strategy and processes for the company's Data Management Platform and inventory systems for online and mobile platforms of its Media Networks, including MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Nickelodeon, COMEDY CENTRAL, SPIKE, and TV Land. He will report to Rich Eigendorff, Chief Operating Officer, Viacom Media Networks. Cohen previously was the Vice President of Business Development & Revenue Operations at Worldnow, a leading online technology and advertising solutions company. (MSN)
Marissa Mayer is now the CEO of Yahoo after working at Google for 13 years. During her time there, she helped introduce more than 100 features and products to the site. (Mashable)
Dena Kaplan has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer for The Hub Television Network, a joint kids and family TV venture from Discovery Communications and Hasbro. Her most recent role was as Senior VP-marketing at NFL Network, and prior to that she was at Game Show Network for 10 years. (AdAge)
Alan Horn will serve as Chairman of Disney Studios. Last year he retired from his role as President of Warner Brothers, where he helped create the “Harry Potter” franchise. (Media Life Magazine)
Nancy Laties Feresten has been named Senior Vice President for Children's Publishing and Media at National Geographic, where she will oversee the National Geographic Kids content development team. She has been with the company for over 10 years as a VP and Editor-in-Chief of children’s books. Jennifer Emmett has been promoted to VP, Editorial Director, children's books at National Geographic, taking over from Nancy Feresten. (Publishers Weekly)
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