DISH Names Warren Schlichting to Lead Programming, Media Sales
August 26 2014 - 7:06AM
Business Wire
Adam Gaynor promoted to vice president
DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) today announced that DISH Media Sales
Senior Vice President, Warren Schlichting, will assume leadership
of the company’s Programming group effective Oct. 1. Schlichting
will succeed DISH Senior Vice President, Steve Swain, who has been
appointed Chief Financial Officer for DISH, also effective Oct.
1.
Warren Schlichting, DISH senior vice
president (Photo: Business Wire)
DISH Media Sales veteran Adam Gaynor has been promoted to vice
president and will take on increased responsibilities within the
Media Sales group. The group’s leadership will continue reporting
to Schlichting.
In addition to its sales duties, DISH’s Media Sales division
oversees viewer measurement analytics, advanced ad product
management, DISH’s national household-addressable advertising and
D2 Media Sales, a joint sales operation with DIRECTV focused on
statewide political addressable ads.
“As programming, data and ad-targeting technologies converge,
having a talent like Warren to decipher how our entire ecosystem
will evolve over the next several years will be vital,” said Joseph
P. Clayton, DISH president and CEO. “This will be especially so as
we pursue new lines of business, including over-the-top Internet
video and wireless.”
About Warren Schlichting
Prior to joining DISH in 2011, Schlichting served as Senior Vice
President of New Business Development leading Comcast’s advanced
advertising efforts on multiple media and ad delivery platforms
including broadband, interactive television and video-on-demand.
Before arriving at Comcast, he was CEO of Hiwire, a Los
Angeles-based ad technology company, and also served in executive
positions for Morgan Stanley and the William E. Simon private
equity group.
Schlichting holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from
Harvard University.
About Adam Gaynor
Adam Gaynor possesses more than 15 years of advertising sales
and management experience in traditional and digital media,
including cable television, web and new media such as interactive
TV, addressable TV and VOD. He joined DISH Media Sales in 2008 from
the Game Show Network where he served as executive director of
digital media and interactive advertising sales. Gaynor has also
held advertising sales positions with Comcast Networks, TechTV and
CBS New Media.
He has a master’s in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse
University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from
Rutgers.
About DISH
DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), through its
subsidiaries, provides approximately 14.053 million pay-TV
subscribers, as of June 30, 2014, with the highest quality
programming and technology with the most choices at the best value.
Subscribers enjoy a high definition line-up with more than 200
national HD channels, the most international channels, and
award-winning HD and DVR technology. DISH Network Corporation is a
Fortune 250 company. Visit www.dish.com.
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