Turner Broadcasting Business Development Group Announces Two New Appointments
July 03 2007 - 1:18PM
PR Newswire (US)
ATLANTA, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s
(TBS, Inc.) Business Development group has added Kris Nielsen-Refs
and Harold Goings as directors to its staff. Both are charged with
identifying and developing new business opportunities across
wide-ranging consumer platforms. Both are based in Atlanta, with
Nielsen-Refs reporting to Tamara Franklin, vice president of
business development for TBS, Inc.; and Goings reporting to Jeremy
Legg, vice president of business development for TBS, Inc.
Nielsen-Refs joins TBS, Inc. from his position as account manager
for Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited, where he was
responsible for developing Turner's fast-growing and strategic
wireless content activities across Europe, the Middle East and
Africa. In this capacity, Nielsen-Refs led the roll-out of Turner's
channels in the mobile TV space and was a co- contributor to the
formulation and implementation of Turner's platform- agnostic
on-deck, handset preload and direct-to-consumer strategy for
branded environments on wireless. Earlier, Nielsen-Refs was account
executive for Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited and
developed key licensing and marketing partnerships with major
international hotel chains and healthcare providers across the
Europe, Middle East and Africa region. He also developed key
LAN/VPN-based licensing partnerships with financial institutions
and other blue chips in the UK. Nielsen-Refs earned an Extra Mural
Diploma in management from the University of London's Birkbeck
College. Previously, Goings served as senior manager of business
development for Yahoo! Media Group, where he led content
acquisition efforts for the new Lifestyles initiative. In his role,
Goings developed and negotiated strategic content and technology
partnerships with firms ranging from global media companies,
entertainment and literary talent, leading medical institutions and
leading CPGs. Prior to his position as senior manager of business
development, Goings was business development manager for Yahoo!
Media Group, developing strategic partnerships for Yahoo! Health,
News and Youth. Goings earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
managerial economics from Hampden-Sydney College and an MBA from
Emory University's Goizueta Business School. Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news
and entertainment product around the world and a leading provider
of programming for the basic cable industry. DATASOURCE: Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc. CONTACT: Misty Skedgell of TBS, Inc.,
+1-404-885-4396, Web site: http://www.turner.com/
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