Giorgio Stock has been appointed president of WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, distribution and ad sales for EMEA and APAC. The former Turner exec will oversee all entertainment networks, distribution of all networks, advertising sales and kids networks operations in Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific region. The London-based exec will continue to report into […]
English-language business news channel, CNNMoney Switzerland, is due to launch in the second half of 2017. The channel is the product of a partnership between CNN International Commercial and Swiss company MediaGo, and is part of CNN International Commercial’s wider strategy of launching CNN-branded channels with local partners. The channel will broadcast original content from […]
Turner Broadcasting Europe, Middle East and Africa has upped Tarek Mounir from his general manager post to VP. Mounir (pictured) will now be VP and GM of Turner Turkey, Middle East, North Africa, Greece and Cyprus, and will report into Turner Broadcasting EMEA president Giorgio Stock. Mounir has been with Turner since 2010, initially as […]
Rani Raad has been upped at the international arm of Turner-owned news net CNN, taking the newly-created role of president, CNN International Commercial. Turner reorganised commercial activity at CNN International in 2013 under Raad’s leadership. In his new role he will oversee all international commercial activity, including data-driven online programmatic ad sales. He has been […]
Turner has rejigged the commercial and ad-sales operation at news operation CNN International. Amid wide-ranging job cuts across Turner in the EMEA region, CNNI’s commercial activities will be coordinated through a single division, run by Rani Raad. Raad will be executive VP and chief commercial officer at CNNI. In that role he will be responsible […]
Turner Broadcasting System announced this morning that it will reduce the headcount across its EMEA operations by 30%. TBS employs about 900 people across the region and about 250 positions will go following today’s news. The swingeing cuts follow a review of operations by Gerhard Zeiler, who became president of TBS International last year. He […]
