Viacom’s Digital Studios division -- which it unveiled at last year’s NewFronts -- has announced two new hires on its talent and development team.
Viacom Digital Studios (Vds), which is responsible for the digital ventures of the conglomerate's illustrious brands -- including MTV, Bet, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and Awesomeness -- has named Heather Johns VP of talent and development for pop culture, music, and lifestyle. At the same time, it has tapped Rj Larese (pictured above) as VP of talent and development for comedy and kids’ programming. Both Johns and Larese hires will report to Paula Kaplan, Vds’ Evp of talent and development.
Johns, who hails from Kevin Hart and Lionsgate’s Laugh Out Loud (Lol) Network, will be based out of Viacom Digital Studios’ (Vds) Hollywood offices and oversee talent discovery, development, booking and relations for MTV and Bet. Larese, for his part, was previously head of casting and talent at PopSugar.
Viacom Digital Studios (Vds), which is responsible for the digital ventures of the conglomerate's illustrious brands -- including MTV, Bet, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and Awesomeness -- has named Heather Johns VP of talent and development for pop culture, music, and lifestyle. At the same time, it has tapped Rj Larese (pictured above) as VP of talent and development for comedy and kids’ programming. Both Johns and Larese hires will report to Paula Kaplan, Vds’ Evp of talent and development.
Johns, who hails from Kevin Hart and Lionsgate’s Laugh Out Loud (Lol) Network, will be based out of Viacom Digital Studios’ (Vds) Hollywood offices and oversee talent discovery, development, booking and relations for MTV and Bet. Larese, for his part, was previously head of casting and talent at PopSugar.
- 1/30/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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