MTV Ups Flannigan and Slusser

  • June 22, 2007
MTV Networks' Entertainment Group has promoted Erik Flannigan to executive vice president, digital media. Flannigan was formerly senior vice president, digital media, Comedy Central and Spike TV, a position he assumed in autumn, 2006. The Entertainment Group is comprised of a multi-platform portfolio of brands featuring the Comedy Central, Spike TV and TV Land cable channels as well as Internet sites AtomFilms, AtomUploads, GameTrailers.com and Xfire.

Flannigan had supervised the linear channels' digital media teams, overseeing the networks' digital programming initiatives, to maximize revenue growth opportunities for the group. He will now oversee all of the Entertainment Group's digital businesses as well.

In another MTV promotion, Jon Slusser was named senior vice president, Spike digital and video games. Based in Santa Monica, Slusser was formerly vice president, MTVN, and CEO, GameTrailers. He will now also manage the coming merger of iFILM and Spike TV into Spike.com, as well as well as the PC-gaming application Xfire.

Slusser will report to Flannigan.

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