• by Alex Weprin , February 26, 2018

Warner Bros. Digital Networks and Ellen DeGeneres have named Michael Riley general manager of Ellen Digital Ventures, a joint venture between the talk show host and Warner Bros. 

Riley, who will report to EDV's board, and will work with the executive producers of DeGeneres' talk show, "will be responsible for leading the strategic vision and management of Ellen’s digital business with full financial responsibility – including all owned and operated sites, all related social media activity from 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' EDV’s digital content studio, and digital games business," according to the company.

Riley was most recently president of the public media company KCETLink Media Group, and before that was president of the ABC Family Channel.