New York, NY – BBC.com announced today the addition of three contributors to their growing roster of talent across the Capital, Culture and Travel sections. Hires include Don George, contributing editor to the new BBC.com/Travel “Words and Wanderlust” column, Owen Gleiberman, contributing writer to BBC.com/Culture and Lucy Marcus, contributing writer to BBC.com/Capital. “George, Gleiberman and…
Read MoreNew York, NY – The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, six out of every 10 people will live in a city; rising to seven out of 10 by 2050. With city populations swelling at an unprecedented rate BBC.com Future (BBC.com/Future) and Terreform – the nonprofit organization for philanthropic architecture, urban, ecological design -in…
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – BBC Worldwide Productions announced today the appointment of Travis Shakespeare as Senior Vice President, Current Unscripted Programming. His role is effective immediately. Shakespeare will be working alongside Michael Brooks, Senior Vice President, Unscripted Entertainment Programming and both will be reporting to Jane Tranter, Head of BBC Worldwide Productions and Adjacent Productions….
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC AMERICA has appointed Ricky Kelehar as VP, Unscripted Programming, overseeing the channel’s original shows such as Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan and the development of new unscripted formats. Based in New York, he will report to Perry Simon, General Manager, Channels, BBC Worldwide North America, and will work closely with…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide North America announced today the appointment of Chris Cole as SVP TV Co-productions and Sales, Factual, BBC Worldwide North America. His appointment is effective November 4. Cole will be responsible for developing and driving strategic business growth for BBC Worldwide Factual content in the U.S. including sales, co-productions and…
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – BBC.com today marked the expansion of their partnership with online question-and-answer product, Quora. The sites blend relevant and compelling insights from Quora’s global community of writers with BBC’s first-class storytelling into regular columns across the BBC.com feature pages. “BBC.com users are worldly and curious – a terrific match with Quora’s varied…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC.com today announced the launch of two business journalism sections that will interpret global economic stories, trends and profiles to a personal level. The two new sites – BBC Capital and BBC Entrepreneurship– underline the site’s commitment to become a household source for business news and features. “BBC is no stranger to financial…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC.com launches its latest feature section – Culture – to inspire readers to indulge in cultural, design and style trends. Benefitting from its global reach, the BBC has a long tradition of covering film, music and art. Complete with compelling columns, clips from BBC World News programs, exclusive BBC archive treasures, info…
Read MoreNew York, NY – The global news events of the last two months have had a marked impact on traffic to the BBC in the U.S. According to the latest comScore data for March, BBC sites delivered record-breaking U.S. audiences, demonstrating American users are increasingly making the BBC part of their everyday news habit. comScore…
Read MoreNew York, NY – Matt Stein has been promoted to SVP, Marketing, Promotion, and Creative Services for BBC AMERICA, effective immediately, announced Perry Simon, General Manager, BBC AMERICA. Stein joined the channel in 2010 as VP, Promotions and Creative Services. Over the last three years, Stein has worked on the successful launch of the channel’s first…
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