Westwood One Appoints Steven Kalin Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
14 Juillet 2008 - 3:44PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westwood One (NYSE:WON)
announced today the appointment of Steven Kalin as Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Kalin will be
responsible for business operations, inclusive of network
operations, traffic operations and information technology, as well
as play a lead role in business development activities and
strategic planning. Kalin will be based in New York and report
directly to Westwood One President and CEO Thomas Beusse. "Based on
his extensive experience and analytic background, Steve will
provide us with the operational discipline to execute on the vision
we have developed for Westwood One," said Beusse. "This discipline
will not only provide us with a foundation upon which to evolve our
business, but will also enable us to bring newfound rigor to the
broader radio community." "I am excited to be a part of Westwood
One, which has such a strong tradition and outstanding brands and
assets," said Kalin. "I look forward to working with Tom to expand
Westwood One's leadership position as a provider of audio content
across multiple platforms." Mr. Kalin was most recently the Chief
Operating Officer and a Board member of Rodale, Inc., a global
publisher of magazines, books and online health and wellness
information. Kalin has 20 years of media experience encompassing
both traditional and digital platforms and strategic, business
development and operational roles. Earlier in his career, Kalin
served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of
Medscape, a leading online website for physicians. Kalin was also
Vice President of Business Development for ESPN Internet Ventures
and with ESPN Enterprises, ESPN's new business development group.
At the start of his career, Mr. Kalin was a consultant with
McKinsey & Company in the firm's media practice. Mr. Kalin
holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business
School. About Westwood One Westwood One (NYSE:WON) is a
platform-agnostic content company providing over 150 news, sports,
music, talk, entertainment programs, features and live events to
numerous media partners. Through its subsidiaries, Metro
Networks/Shadow Broadcast Services, Westwood One provides local
content to the radio and TV industries and to the Web. This content
includes news, sports, weather, traffic, video news services and
other information. SmartRoute Systems manages traffic information
centers for state and local departments of transportation, and
markets traffic and travel content to wireless, Internet,
in-vehicle navigation systems and voice portal customers. Westwood
One serves more than 5,000 radio stations. For more information
please visit http://www.westwoodone.com/. DATASOURCE: Westwood One
CONTACT: Matthew Hesselson of Westwood One, +1-212-641-2045, Web
site: http://www.westwoodone.com/
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