MTV Networks veteran John Cucci has been named COO of Comedy Central, Spike TV, and TV Land--the three MTVN networks led by Doug Herzog, to whom Cucci will report.
Cucci had been
CFO of MTVN for three years, following 12 years at Comedy Central. Cucci will be responsible for the networks' corporate strategy, business development, production management, business and legal
affairs, and human resources.
Colette Chestnut takes over for Cucci as MTVN CFO (also holding the title of executive vice president), and will report to MTVN President and COO Michael Wolf. She
had been North American CFO of ad agency JWT since 2000.
--David Goetzl