Bruce L. Paisner
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Bruce L. Paisner | |
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 Paisner and Dilma Rousseff in 2015 | |
| Born | Bruce Lawrence Paisner July 4, 1942 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard College[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Television Executive
President & CEO of the IATAS Senior Advisor, Hearst |
| Years active | 1964-present |
| Spouse |
Nicole Paisner
(after 1971) |
| Children | 2 |
Bruce Lawrence Paisner (born July 4, 1942) is an American television executive and current President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences since 2004. He was also President of Hearst Entertainment, Inc. and Vice President of Hearst Communications.[2] He is currently a senior advisor to Hearst.
Career[edit]
Paisner was an alumnus of Harvard College in 1964 and Harvard Law School in 1968. At Harvard college, he was managing editor of The Harvard Crimson,[1] where he was a writer from 1961 to 1964.[3] He began a career in media as a correspondent for Life magazine in New York and Washington, D.C. in 1964–1965.[4][citation needed] After law school, he rejoined Time Inc. in 1968 where in 1970, he became general manager of Time-Life Video and from 1973 to 1980, he was president and CEO of Time-Life Films, Inc. and a vice president of Time Incorporated.[2] In 1981, he joined Hearst after Novacom, a distribution entity Paisner formed with WGBH-TV, the Boston affiliate of PBS, was acquired by the mass media company that year.[5] Novacom was promptly reformed into King Features Entertainment (eventually being renamed Hearst Entertainment in 1990 after a corporate resurrecting that unified King Phoenix Entertainment, which Hearst acquired from founder Gerald W. Abrams in 1989, under one identity), where Paisner continued his duties of serving as the company's president.
He is a member of the University Club, the Century Association, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Bruce L. Paisner, Time Aide, Fiance of Miss Nicole Pilotaz". The New York Times. July 25, 1971. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ a b "Bruce Paisner Elected President of International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Hearst Corporation. November 24, 2003. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "Bruce L. Paisner: Writer Profile". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Bruce Paisner Elected President of International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ "Vice President, Vice President, Hearst Magazines Division". www.topionetworks.com. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
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