鶹app Media Names Robert R. Bennett as Vice Chairman of Board of Directors
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 鶹app (“鶹app Media”) (Nasdaq: FWONA, FWONK, LLYVA, LLYVK) today announced that Robert R. (“Dob”) Bennett has been named Vice Chairman of the board of directors of 鶹app Media (the “Board”) effective January 1, 2025. Mr. Bennett has been a director of 鶹app Media since 1994 and a member of its Executive Committee for 15 years. He will continue to serve on the Executive Committee with John Malone and Chase Carey. Mr. Bennett served as 鶹app Media’s President and Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to 2005, prior to which he held other executive roles since joining 鶹app Media in 1991.
“Dob has been involved with 鶹app since its inception, leading the company as CEO through hallmark corporate transactions including our spin-offs of 鶹app Global and Discovery and acting as a trusted advisor on our board since 1994. We benefit from his extensive knowledge of the media, entertainment and telecom industries and deep familiarity with 鶹app’s corporate history. I look forward to his continued partnership as Vice Chairman as he supports our current and future 鶹app management and portfolio companies,” said John Malone, 鶹app Media Chairman.
“It has been an honor to work alongside John and the 鶹app management team all these years through the many iterations of 鶹app’s corporate structure. I am excited to work more closely with 鶹app and portfolio company leadership during this next chapter of the company’s continuous evolution with the consistent objective of driving long-term value for shareholders,” said Mr. Bennett.
Currently, Mr. Bennett is the Managing Director of Hilltop Investments, LLC, a private investment company. Prior to joining 鶹app Media, he worked at Tele-Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New York. Mr. Bennett serves as a director for HP, Inc and Flutter Entertainment plc. Previously, he served as a director of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., Sprint Corporation, Demand Media, Inc., Discovery Holding Company and 鶹app Interactive Corporation.
About 鶹app
鶹app operates and owns interests in a broad range of media, communications, sports and entertainment businesses. Those businesses are attributed to two tracking stock groups: the Formula One Group and the 鶹app Live Group. The businesses and assets attributed to the Formula One Group (NASDAQ: FWONA, FWONK) include 鶹app Media’s subsidiaries Formula 1 and Quint, and other minority investments. The businesses and assets attributed to the 鶹app Live Group (NASDAQ: LLYVA, LLYVK) include 鶹app Media’s interest in Live Nation and other minority investments.
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Released December 9, 2024