February 2009
Hearst Corporation has appointed Neeraj Khemlani Vice President and special assistant to the CEO for digital media, Hearst Corporation effective March 23.
Khemlani will be responsible for promoting and coordinating digital content transformation across the company.
“Hearst’s major operating groups have all made substantial progress towards our corporate objective of fully participating in the digital transformation,” said Frank A. Bennack, Jr., Vice Chairman and CEO Hearst Corporation.
“The creation of this new position is designed to accelerate the progress through greater cooperation and synergy across divisional lines. Neeraj is uniquely equipped to help me and my colleagues realize that goal.”
Khemlani was formerly Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo! News & Information as well as Yahoo! Originals.
In this position, he managed the business and products of Yahoo! News, Tech, Weather and Education, and the editorial programming for Yahoo! Finance, as executive editor. He also directed original content programming, including product design, content production and sponsorship, across all Yahoo! channels; and initiated and oversaw strategic business development content deals with major media companies.
From 1998 to 2006, Khemlani was a producer for CBS News’ 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II, and a creative consultant to Imagine Entertainment, ABC Entertainment, from 2000 to 2001, where he advised scriptwriters.
Khemlani's television experience also includes producer positions with Crile Communications and ABC News, where he produced segments for Nightline, Good Morning America, Peter Jennings Reporting and ABC News Specials. Khemlani began his career as a newspaper reporter, stringing for The New York Times and The Post-Standard in Syracuse, N.Y.
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