NEW YORK, NY, March 13, 2013 — AMC Networks Inc. announced today that it has appointed James Maiella Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications. He will report to Ellen Kroner, Executive Vice President, Communications & Marketing.
In this role, Maiella will oversee business and trade media relations for AMC, IFC and WE tv. He will work closely with AMC Networks’ other Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications,
Georgia Juvelis, who now adds additional corporate communications and corporate marketing responsibilities to her role, while continuing to oversee business and trade media relations for Sundance Channel and AMC/Sundance Channel Global, the company’s international programming business.
Maiella comes to AMC Networks after serving for more than a decade as Vice President of Media Relations for Cablevision Systems Corp., where he was responsible for media relations activities in support of the company’s cable operations, its suite of advanced telecommunications products and related matters.
“Jim brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to his new position,” said Kroner. “I’m confident that his strategic messaging expertise and solid media relationships will bring great value to AMC Networks and its brands.”
Prior to joining Cablevision in 2002, Maiella was a Senior Vice President with Robinson Lerer & Montgomery, a strategic communications firm. He previously served as Director of Media Relations for RCN Corporation, a competitive telecommunications provider, responsible for all internal and external communications functions. He has served as a Congressional communications director and began his career as a journalist, writing for the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Los Angeles Daily News and community newspapers.
Maiella earned his M.S. in Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and his B.A in English at Lafayette College. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Association of Cable Communicators as the immediate past president of the organization. He will begin at
AMC Networks next month.
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About AMC Networks Inc.
AMC Networks owns and operates several of cable television’s most recognized brands delivering high quality content to audiences and a valuable platform to distributors and advertisers. The Company manages its business through two reportable operating segments: (i) National Networks, which includes AMC, WE tv, IFC and Sundance Channel; and (ii) International and Other, which includes AMC/Sundance Channel Global, our international programming business; IFC Films, the Company’s independent film distribution business; and AMC Networks Broadcasting & Technology, the Company’s network technical services business.
For more information on AMC Networks, please visit the Company’s website at http://www.www.amcnetworks.com.
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