NEW YORK, May 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Nielsen Holdings
plc (NYSE: NLSN) announced today the addition of Lauren Zalaznick as an independent director to
the company's board of directors. Zalaznick is a seasoned executive
with vast experience delivering growth for some of the strongest
television and digital brands in media. Zalaznick advises and
invests in digital media startups, primarily focused on new content
platforms. She has held senior leadership roles with top media
companies, including Comcast NBCUniversal and Viacom, most recently
serving as executive vice president at Comcast NBCUniversal.
Zalaznick currently sits on the board of directors for Shazam
and Penguin Random House. She is a senior advisor to many
industry-leading content and tech startups, including Refinery29,
Atlas Obscura, and Medium.com. She is also an advisor to venture
capital firm Greycroft Partners, The Sundance Institute, and
Venture For America.
During her time with Comcast NBCUniversal, Zalaznick held
various senior leadership positions, including chairman,
Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media, where
she oversaw Bravo Media, Oxygen Media, and The Style Network, as
well as Telemundo, and Fandango, among others. She also established
NBCUniversal's first company-wide marketing and sales groups, Green
Is Universal and Women at NBCU. She began her career in independent
film, where she produced a number of Cannes and Sundance Festival award-winning
films.
Zalaznick is a trustee of the Corporation of Brown University and currently serves as the chair
of the Advancement Committee. From Brown, she received her B.A. in English literature,
while also fulfilling a pre-med curriculum. She graduated magna cum
laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
ABOUT NIELSEN
Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance
management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of
what consumers Watch and Buy. Nielsen's Watch segment provides
media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement
services across all devices where content—video, audio and text—is
consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods
manufacturers and retailers the industry's only global view of
retail performance measurement. By integrating information from its
Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen provides its
clients with both world-class measurement as well as analytics that
help improve performance. Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has
operations in over 100 countries that cover more than 90% of the
world's population. For more information, visit
www.nielsen.com.
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