Robin Schwartz has resigned as president of Oprah Winfrey’s new cable channel, OWN Television. The departure was announced by Christina Norman, who was named CEO of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network months after Ms. Schwartz joined the company. OWN said there were no plans to fill Ms. Schwartz’s position...
Oprah Winfrey made a surprise appearance at Discovery Communications’ upfront presentation to advertisers and media buyers in Chicago Thursday afternoon. Ms. Winfrey came out on-stage near the end of a presentation by Christine Norman, the former MTV president who now is CEO of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey...
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has appointed Brent Willman as its chief financial officer. He will oversee the network’s finance and accounting efforts, including long-range strategic planning, annual budgeting and evaluation of business opportunities and financial goals. Mr. Willman previously was CFO...
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has appointed Liz Dolan as its chief marketing officer. Ms. Dolan will be responsible for the brand identity of the network and its marketing efforts for the on-air launch in late 2009/early 2010. Her marketing responsibilities will extend to on-air, print, radio and online...
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has named Timothy Kuryak and Jill Dickerson as vice presidents of programming. The duo will oversee nonscripted programming, working with producers, writers, agents and distributors, in addition to editorial management with outside production. Mr. Kuryak previously was...
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has tapped Jeffrey Meier as senior vice president of scheduling, acquisition and strategy. Mr. Meier will be responsible for negotiating acquisition deals, collaborating on original programming and managing content for alternate program platforms. Mr. Meier previously was...
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has appointed Meredith Momoda vice president of integrated marketing. Ms. Momoda will be responsible for product integration, in addition to acting as the primary liaison between OWN’s advertising sales, marketing and programming departments. She will also be the liaison...
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has named Robert Tercek its president of digital media. Mr. Tercek will oversee all multimedia ventures for the network beginning Nov. 3. Mr. Tercek will be responsible for creating and marketing multiplatform opportunities for OWN and Oprah.com and will be based in Los...