NBCUniversal Telemundo Realigns Leadership Team to Drive Growth Strategy

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...leadership-team-drive-growth-strategy-1305052

Among the new appointments, Monica Gil is promoted to evp, chief administrative and marketing officer at the Spanish-language network.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises revealed a realignment of its leadership team on Wednesday to drive forward growth strategy and focus on innovation and multiplatform entertainment, news and sports content.

The realignment follows the appointment of Beau Ferrari to chairman earlier this month.

"I am pleased to announce our senior executive leadership team which will continue to build on Telemundo’s position as the market leader and sustained momentum,” said Ferrari in a statement. "This talented team will accelerate our company’s growth into the future creating the highest quality content across Global Studios, Entertainment, News and Sports and will leverage technology and new distribution channels to reach our audiences across all platforms."

Changes coming to Telemundo.

 

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https://www.latimes.com/entertainme...ricia-candiani-layoffs-telemundo-nbcuniversal

NBC cuts talent from their Telemundo Network division and KVEA-TV talent Ana Patricia Candiani

Award-winning journalist Mar?*a Celeste Arrarás has been cut from NBCUniversal’s Telemundo network — part of widespread layoffs the New York media company began this week.

Arrarás is well-known to Spanish-language TV viewers. She joined Telemundo in 2002 and hosted the newsmagazine “Al Rojo Vivo con Mar?*a Celeste.” Before that, Arrarás was one of the brightest stars at the competing Univision network, where she anchored “Primer Impacto,” a long-running newsmagazine.

A Telemundo spokesman confirmed that Arrarás was no longer with the Miami-based TV network.

“With deep sadness, I want to inform you that [Tuesday] was my last day with ‘Al Rojo Vivo’ and on the Telemundo screen,” Arrarás wrote in an Instagram post Wednesday (translated from Spanish by The Times ). “This morning I was informed by the company that they have decided to take the program in a different direction and because of changes due to the pandemic, I will no longer be part of the show.”

 

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https://deadline.com/2020/09/chris-...ork-syfy-president-2-decades-nbcu-1234578056/

Chris McCumber, President, Entertainment Networks — USA Network & Syfy, is leaving NBCUniversal after 19 years at the company’s flagship entertainment cable networks. He just notified his team in an internal memo (you can read it below).

The move follows the recent major realignment of NBCU’s streaming and leaner TV group, which introduced a new centralized structure under Mark Lazarus, Chairman of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. It includes Lifestyle Networks president Frances Berwick taking oversight over the newly established Entertainment Business unit.

I hear NBCU leadership looked to find a new role for McCumber, who is well liked internally and in the creative community, but ultimately, he felt it was time to leave.

Chris McCumber is leaving NBC due to restructuring reasons

https://deadline.com/2020/09/france...m-for-entertainment-business-unit-1234578087/

and changes at management.

Jeff Bader will lead program planning, adding the six cable entertainment networks to his current NBC oversight.

Val Boreland will expand her responsibilities of buying and curating content across the Entertainment and Lifestyle cable group to oversee acquisitions across all of its networks and platforms including Peacock.

Liz Mahaffey, who oversaw Peacock’s launch as the leader of their consumer insights team, will now add to her remit research and insights for the entertainment brands, centralizing and prioritizing its audience intelligence efforts and driving cross platform insights. She will also manage the corporate research function.

Lauren McCollester will become head of business affairs.

Jenny Storms will build upon her role at NBC Sports by adding entertainment marketing to her purview. She will continue to report into Pete Bevacqua, President, NBC Sports Group for her sports responsibilities.

Chip Sullivan, who has led communications for NBC Entertainment for the past five years, will now take on the role of head of communications across all of its entertainment networks.  Chip’s responsibilities will encompass internal and external communications, publicity and talent relations.

 

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https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/pete-bevacqua-chairman-nbc-sports-1234782350/

Pete Bevacqua, who joined NBC Sports in 2018 as its first president in nearly a decade, has been elevated to the top role at the NBCUniversal-owned unit.

Bevacqua, the former CEO of the Professional Golf Association, was named chairman of NBC Sports Group, filling a role that was vacated when Mark Lazarus took on a bigger role within the parent company.

“In his time with NBC Sports, Pete has been exceptional working with our league and organizational partners, as well as in collaboration with other NBCUniversal leaders to strengthen our sports production and overall business in a challenging environment,” said Lazarus, chairman of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, in a statement.

This is part of leadership changes at NBC.

 

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/l...iversal-in-top-entertainment-programming-post

The former Warner Bros. TV president will oversee scripted, unscripted, alternative and late night for the company's portfolio of entertainment platforms.
It's official: Susan Rovner is joining NBCUniversal in a new role where she will oversee entertainment programming for a portfolio that includes Peacock, NBC and a suite of cable networks.

"Susan is the bold creative force we need as we rethink the future of our business,” NBCU TV and streaming chairman Mark Lazarus said in a statement Monday. “Throughout this process I have been consistently impressed by her strong perspective, track record of success and passion for content. Susan joins a great team that is poised to begin a new era at NBCU.”

Susan Rovner will Join NBC in the entertainment division.