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Most Powerful Women in Cable 2016: The Top 50
20. Mindy Grossman
Samantha Bee " to cite an example of a strong female presence.
" She is strong, clever, fearless and smart and more programming
with women like that would be great, " Sams says.
17. Jacqueline Hernández
Chief Marketing Officer
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
With more than two decades of
multimedia experience under her belt,
Hernández is pushing the envelope on
driving audience and revenue growth
surrounding Hispanic consumers
across the company's businesses and
brands-which amount to 21 cable TV networks, two broadcast
nets, digital properties, Universal Pictures and Universal theme
parks. Nowhere was her prowess more visible in recent months
than during the summer Olympic Games in Rio, for which NBCU
Telemundo Enterprises served up a marathon of integrated crossplatform
coverage. Previously as Telemundo's COO, Hernández
was behind Telemundo's major rebrand and its domestic revenue,
integrated marketing and branded entertainment initiatives, as
well as overseeing the network mun2.
18. Kimberley Harris
EVP & General Counsel
NBCUniversal
Harris, who held posts in the White
House and Justice Department before
seguing to the media industry, continues
to excel at providing legal advice to
the NBCU senior management team.
She also supervises the law department,
which handles legal for all business units including the film
studio, broadcast networks, cable channels, digital sites and
theme park operations. As well, she crafts the company's global
regulatory and legislative agenda while helping the team to navigate
the ever-increasing challenges of content distribution. Harris
is committed to maintaining a diverse workplace, and actively
encourages the legal community to embrace diversity in hiring.
19. Cyma Zarghami
President, Kids & Family Group
Viacom
Zarghami has steered a steadfast ship
during a year of change at Viacom,
including the June departure of longtime
Nickelodeon content chief Russell
Hicks. Multiplatform activations remain a
priority in her continued goal of enabling
young viewers and their families to interact with Viacom brands
wherever, and whenever, they want. She's also making a play to
bring preschoolers in to the fold early-with a doubling of Nick
original preschool content in the works-as well as breathing new
life into legacy brands, with TV movies based on " Hey Arnold! "
and " Legends of the Hidden Temple " headed into the pipeline.
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CEO & Director
HSN, Inc.
Overseeing a $4 billion direct-toconsumer
retail portfolio that includes
HSN and the Cornerstone divisions is
only part of Grossman's job. She also
constantly inspires others. Through
innovative campaigns and strategic
collaborations with the likes of DreamWorks, All Recipes, and
financial guru Suze Orman, Grossman and HSN have redefined
the shopping experience as " boundary-less retail. " Due
to her efforts, dozens of homegrown entrepreneurs including
Joy Mangano-the real-life woman behind the film " Joy " -
have built their brands on HSN. It seems most of them have
heeded the same advice Grossman would give her younger
self: " Believe in yourself. People may doubt your decisions or
question the risks that you take, but nothing will prove more
important than the transformational power of believing in
yourself. "
21. Lynn R. Charytan
EVP & General Counsel
Comcast Cable
Move over, Judge Judy. As head
of Comcast Cable's Legal Regulatory
Group, Charytan is responsible
for providing corporate-wide legal
advice on regulatory matters and
overseeing the company's legal
regulatory advocacy, including filings in federal and state
proceedings and related litigation and appeals. An honors
graduate from both Columbia University and Harvard Law
School, Charytan is a passionate advocate for the industry
and has worked to improve the standing of women in the
legal and cable fields. She feels it's never too early to start
your career. " There's so much time to be careful and conservative
later, " Charytan says.
22. Christine Driessen
EVP & CFO
ESPN
A leader at ESPN since 1985, Driessen
has a seat at the table for every
important decision at the network and
has played a hand in its multimedia
rights deals, a historic 20-year agreement
with the SEC through 2034 to
create and operate a multiplatform network, MLB and college
football deals, and the strategy behind WatchESPN and mobile
businesses. Her financial expertise has informed distribution
deals with MVPDs as well. She also helped introduce
the Impact 25 Awards, an espnW recognition of athletes and
influencers who've made a difference in sports. She's passionate
about mentoring young women at ESPN is a member of
the company's board of directors.
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