TV Guide Online Names New Editors
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Jennifer Holland Is Managing Editor, Matt Mitovich and Mickey
O'Connor Are Senior Editors
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
TV Guide Online, a part of Macrovision Solutions Corporation
(NASDAQ:MVSN), announced today that it has named three editors to new
positions. Jennifer Holland, a former national editor for The
Associated Press, will be the site's new managing editor, and
TVGuide.com editors Matt Mitovich and Mickey O'Connor will become
senior editors.
Holland, reporting to editor-in-chief and vice president of
marketing Christy Tanner, will oversee day-to-day editorial operations
for TVGuide.com and the seven additional sites in TV Guide Online's
network, which had record traffic in May with over 13 million unique
users.
Mitovich and O'Connor will focus on entertainment news and
analysis for TVGuide.com, as well as leading the conversation with the
site's active user community. Mitovich will continue his weekly online
video news segment, the Mitovich Mega Minute, and his regular
in-studio and red carpet video interviews with celebrities.
"Our editorial expertise and unique editorial voices have been key
factors in our record growth this year," said Tanner. "These additions
further strengthen our editorial team of over 20 people and position
us for additional growth."
Holland joined TV Guide Online from the New York headquarters of
The Associated Press, where she was a National Editor focused on
breaking news. Holland began her journalism career with the AP in Iowa
and later served as a statehouse correspondent and news editor in
South Carolina. She graduated from Iowa State University.
Mitovich joined TV Guide Online in June 2006 as News Editor
responsible for TVGuide.com's news blog "Today's News: Our Take," and
most recently served as TVGuide.com's managing editor. Mitovich is a
graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public
Communications.
Before joining TV Guide Online in December 2007, Mickey O'Connor
worked for Entertainment Weekly's EW.com and for Architecture
magazine. He is the coauthor of The One and Only Flickheads Guide to
the Movies and is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School
of Journalism with honors in cultural reporting and writing.
About TV Guide Online
TVGuide.com (www.tvguide.com), which offers a comprehensive and
engaging way for fans to find, experience and share the latest
entertainment news, content and video, is the flagship site of the TV
Guide Online network of sites. The network, which includes
AllMusic.com, AllMovie.com, AllGame.com, TVShowsonDVD.com,
JumptheShark.com, TV-Now.com, and FansofRealityTV.com totals over 13
million unique users.
About Macrovision Solutions Corporation
Macrovision is focused on providing a brilliantly simple digital
home entertainment experience by delivering solutions to businesses to
protect, enhance and distribute digital goods to consumers across
multiple channels. Macrovision's technologies are deployed by
companies in the entertainment, consumer electronics, cable and
satellite, and online distribution markets to solve industry-specific
challenges and bring greater value and a more robust user experience
to their customers. The result of deploying Macrovision's solutions is
a simple end user experience for discovering, acquiring, managing and
enjoying digital content. Today, Macrovision provides connected
middleware, metadata on music, games, movies and television
programming, media recognition, interactive programming guides, and
copy protection. The company also operates entertainment portals
including http://www.tvguide.com/ and http://www.allmusic.com.
Macrovision holds over 3,500 issued or pending patents and patent
applications worldwide. Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara,
California, with numerous office offices across the United States and
around the world including Japan, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, and the
United Kingdom. More information about Macrovision can be found at
http://www.macrovision.com/.
(C)Macrovision 2008. Macrovision is a registered trademark of
Macrovision Solutions Corporation. All other brands and product names
and trademarks are the registered property of their respective
companies.
Text 100
Brian Gendron, 415-593-8434
brian.gendron@text100.com
Copyright Business Wire 2008
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