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58 | Hers & His
Suzanne Kolb
Title: President, E! Entertainment
Years in Cable: 10
Education: BA, Northwestern;
MS, USC
Best Advice: Just because it's how
it has always worked in the past
doesn't make it right.
Adam Stotsky
Title: President,
Esquire Network
Years in Cable:
15
Education: BA,
Communications
Best Advice: STAY CURIOUS.
These two execs always find ways to
innovate. For Kolb, that includes roll59
| Vision Quest
Tonia O'Connor
Title: President, Content Distribution
and Corporate Business
Development, Univision
Communications Inc.
Years in Cable: 20
Education: BA, Syracuse University
Proving that revenue-generating opportunities
abound in serving the Hispanic audience,
O'Connor continues to negotiate new distribution
deals for Univision's networks and
recently grew the digital side of business with
UVideos Digital Network, the launch of Flama,
and the Univision Deportes app for Xbox One.
She also launched Univision Women's Leadership
Council to prepare women at Univision
for leadership roles.
My favorite newfound hobby: Secretly following
my sons (and their friends) on Twitter,
Instagram and Vine.
I watch the majority of programming on
this device: A gigantic TV!
TV show I'd most like a cameo role in:
" From Dusk Till Dawn " on El Rey Network as
Santico's alter ego.
The day we get multiplatform measurement
is the day... we can finally satisfy
consumers and shareholders! ■
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ing out E!'s first-ever scripted series
next year. For Stotsky, it's an entirely
new network based on a well-established
brand from print. Both are
seasoned TV execs who are finding
ratings growth as they experiment.
Outside of work, Stotsky spends a
lot of time on vision. Literally. He has
an eyeglass collection that counts
at least 45 pairs and dates back to
junior high. Kolb can be found chasing
around her 3-year-old daughter
when she's not busy volunteering.
She serves on the board of the Make
a Wish Foundation.
Kolb
I watch the majority of programming
on this device: Increasingly
iPad but still on TV
TV show I'd most like to have a
cameo in? " Downton Abbey "
60 | LOL
Doug Herzog
Title: President, Viacom Entertainment
Group (pictured below
in throwback mode... we hope)
Years in Cable: 31
Education: Emerson College
Best Advice: Nobody knows
anything.
Michele Ganeless
Title: President, Comedy Central
Years in Cable: 24
Education: BS, Northwestern
Best Advice: Always assume
positive intent.
Herzog's roots will always be
at Comedy Central, but this
top exec now also oversees
growing nets Spike and TV
John, Paul, George or Ringo? Paul
Cable exec I'd least like to see
twerking? I'd really like to erase
the term from the atmosphere.
One thing I would do all the time
if I could: Watch TV
Oscars or Grammys? Vote for the
Oscars, attend the Grammys.
Beach or mountains? Morning at
the beach, afternoon in the mountains.
Alec Baldwin... NY or LA? LA
Who's on deck for the next
celebrity meltdown? Anyone currently
on the Disney Channel
Who's on tap for the next big
comeback? Amanda Bynes
Favorite TV show as a kid? " Little
House on the Prairie, " " Dukes of
Hazzard, " " Eight is Enough, " " Charlie's
Angels " ... So hard to chose.
The last time I had a good laugh:
This morning, when my preschool
daughter asked me why the radio is
always singing about their broken
heart on the radio. " Why don't they
go see a doctor? "
Stotsky
TV show I'd most like to have a
cameo in? " Mad Men "
Frank Underwood or Nick
Brody? Frank Underwood
One thing I would do all the time
if I could: Be with my two sons
Favorite Restaurant: LA: Osteria
Mozza; NYC: Gramercy Tavern
Desert island album? Miles Davis,
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Land, whose " Hot in Cleveland "
continues to reinvigorate Betty
White's red-hot career. Meanwhile,
Comedy's brand-new
iPhone and iPad app includes
full episodes from the most
recent season of " South Park "
and next-day availability of " The
Daily Show With Jon Stewart "
and " The Colbert Report. "
Ganeless is also amping up
things at online site CC: StandUp
Direct, recently offering the
" Tracy Morgan: Bona Fide "
special for download a week
before the special aired on the
network. These are a couple of
dynamos-and that's no joke.
Herzog
I watch most programming
on: TV in my bedroom
TV show I'd most like to
have a cameo in: " Saturday
Night Live "
Twitter or Instagram?
Instagram
My favorite newfound hobby:
Following Premier League Football
One thing I would do all the
time if I could: Crate-digging
for vinyl
Ganeless
I watch most programming
on this device: Television
TV show I'd most like to have a
cameo in: " Top Chef "
Twitter or Instagram?
Instagram
Favorite Cable Show
memory: Attending the rally to
restore sanity.
Beach or mountains?
Beach ■
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My ideal celebrity partner
on Dancing with the Stars:
Rita Moreno/ Anne-Margret
Beach or mountains? Beach
Desert island album? Blood
On the Tracks
My favorite business/motivational
book: Moneyball
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