NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Storyful, a leading
social media intelligence, content and news company, announced
today the promotion of Ebonie Newman
to the role of Global Chief Revenue Officer.
Ms. Newman, who is currently Storyful's Executive Director of
Sales for the Asia Pacific region,
will relocate to New York to take
up the role in November. She will oversee sales and marketing
efforts for the business and will look at new commercial
opportunities for revenue growth across all regions.
"It's been a pleasure to have worked with the Storyful team in
Australia and I'm looking forward
to this new opportunity to help grow Storyful on a global scale.
The unique technological capabilities and talent we have within the
business allows Storyful to do incredible work with media partners,
marketers and agencies. The business has a bright future as we
continue to grow and evolve our offering. I could not be more proud
and excited to help guide the team on this journey," said
Ebonie Newman.
Ms. Newman has led Storyful's commercial operations for the
Asia Pacific region since
January 2015. Responsible for
doubling commercial growth in the region, her team expanded
Storyful's work with publishers and developed strategies to help
brands and agencies connect with their audience through insights
and social video. Ms. Newman has built close partnerships with News
Corp Australia's sales teams and News Digital Networks (News DNA)
to drive innovative social video opportunities for the business.
She joined Storyful from News Corp Australia's network sales
division where she was group sales director.
"Ebonie is a proven leader who built and grew the Storyful
business in the Asia Pacific
region. She finds innovative ways to collaborate with partners and
deliver solutions that build businesses and generate results," said
Global Chief Executive Officer Sharb Farjami. "She has been a
valued member of our team over the past few years, and I am proud
to welcome her to our leadership team."
Storyful was acquired by News Corp in December 2013 and operates as a stand-alone
business that complements News Corp's video offerings as well as
servicing external partners in the media, advertising and PR
industry.
About Storyful
Storyful, a division of News Corp
(NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV), is a social intelligence and
news agency combining world-class journalism with unique access to
data and proprietary technology to find insights and content for
media and brand partners. Their expertise allows them to
contextualize stories and verify content to find the truth in the
vast landscape of social noise.
Founded as the first social news agency by three Irish
journalists during the Arab Spring, Storyful was created out of the
need to break the news faster and utilize social content to add
context around the stories being told by journalists. Storyful now
provides the same intelligence to brands to help them proactively
analyze social activity to understand their audience, create
targeted content, and inform their messaging and strategy.
About News Corp
News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) is a global,
diversified media and information services company focused on
creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to
consumers throughout the world. The company comprises businesses
across a range of media, including: news and information services,
book publishing, digital real estate services, and cable network
programming and pay-TV distribution in Australia. Headquartered in New York, the activities of News Corp are
conducted primarily in the United
States, Australia, and the
United Kingdom. More
information: http://www.newscorp.com.
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