Penske Media CEO and leadership

Michael Ausiello (born February 23, 1972) is an American television industry journalist, author, and actor. He was a senior writer at TV Guide and its companion website, TVGuide.com, between 2000 and 2008. From 2008 to 2010, he wrote and reported for Entertainment Weekly before launching his own television news site, TVLine. Ausiello also published a memoir in 2017, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies.

Mr. Werner Loechle Kuno is a Founder, Chief Executive Officer at Penske Media Corporation and is based in Founder Chief Executive Officer.

George Grobar is Chief Operating Officer (COO) at PMC with responsibility for overseeing the company’s operating units and business plans. George joined PMC in 2009 and in addition to his role as COO is also currently a Director on the PMC Board. George joined PMC as Chief Financial Officer and was actively involved in integrating several new acquisitions into the company, building the PMC joint venture operations in India, and playing a lead role in the integration of the Variety operations. George has over 25 years of financial and operational experience in new media, consumer products and technology enterprises at PMC, The Walt Disney Company, and Unisys Corp. Prior to joining PMC, George was the Senior Vice President of Disney Mobile, reporting to the President of The Walt Disney Internet Group. George led the launch of a new strategic business from the ground up, competing with major players for share of mobile phones in the family market. Before moving to Disney Mobile, George held several senior positions in Disney business units including Vice President of Disney Ecommerce, Vice President of GO.com Mail and Website, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Disney Direct Marketing and Walt Disney Art Classics, and the Director of Business Operations & Control for Division Controllership. Prior to The Walt Disney Company, George was with Unisys for 8 years, working in the Corporate Treasury organization and progressing to Senior Manager roles in Finance and Product Management in the manufacturing, software development, and hardware engineering groups in Southern California. George has a B.A. degree in Economics and English, magna cum laude, from Amherst College in Massachusetts and an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan.

Mark Howard is Chief Revenue Officer at Forbes Media. In this role, he is responsible for the U.S. and European digital and print sales organization, marketing and advertising solutions. Previously, he was SVP of Digital Advertising Strategy. Howard also held the position of SVP and VP of Digital Advertising Sales for Forbes Media, overseeing the global sales team in its online sales efforts as well leading the Western Region team in its integrated sales efforts. He was also charged with developing the corporate digital sales strategy, which included new product development, the creation and development of audience segmentation programs and strategic planning. Howard joined Forbes Media as a Regional Sales Manager in 2002. During his time at Forbes, he has also served as West Coast Digital Sales Director and Western Region Director of Integrated Sales. Prior to joining Forbes Media, Howard held sales positions at Inc. and Fast Company magazines, as well as E-Trade Financial. He began his career as a media planner at Anderson & Lembke. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing. He resides in New York City.

Mike Monroe is an accomplished senior executive with over 15 years of advertising and marketing leadership experience across multiple verticals.

Prior to joining PMC, Monroe served as Chief Marketing Officer for the nonprofit Sundance Institute, which hosts the Sundance Film Festival each January in Park City, where he was responsible for brand strategy, social media and content, design, public relations, and communications for the Festival and the Institute overall. Before Sundance, he was Vice President of Marketing for The Atlantic and head of that publisher's in-house studio, Atlantic Re:think. Under his leadership The Atlantic was named "Marketing Team of the Year" by Folio, "Content Team of the Year" and "Best In-House Studio" by Digiday, and "Studio of the Year" by the Native Advertising Awards. Monroe previously held marketing and content leadership roles at Forbes and Condé Nast. He is a member of Min's Marketing Hall of Fame, was named "marketer of the year" by the Native Advertising Institute, and was included in AdWeek's 2019 "Creative 100."

Stacey Farish, PMC’S SVP Entertainment and Publisher of Deadline, is responsible for overseeing all advertising strategy and revenue across PMC’s various entertainment digital properties. At PMC—the parent company to several of the most successful websites in the entertainment industry, including Deadline, TVLine, ENTV and Hollywood Life—Stacey consistently develops new, targeted advertising opportunities for clients. A widely respected advertising publisher known for managing multiple categories throughout the country with a focus on strategic sponsorships across all categories of business, Stacey has a proven record in the national media marketplace. Her strengths include new business development, creation of new sales products, and building alternative revenue streams. Prior to joining PMC, Stacey was Publisher of TheWrap, a trade competitor where she launched a successful foreign and documentary screening series. Stacey also served as VP of Entertainment at the LA Times, where she led sales across print and digital for the entertainment category.

Todd serves as EVP Business Affairs & Chief legal Officer for PMC and its subsidiaries. Todd joined PMC in 2014 and is responsible for all legal, compliance, risk management and human resources functions for PMC and its operating companies. He previously served as PMC’s General Counsel and SVP Human Resources.

Todd has more than 25 years of experience working with companies on a wide range of legal, regulatory, business development and human resource issues. He has extensive experience with general corporate, M&A, labor and employment and intellectual property matters. In his human resources related responsibilities, he has focused on compensation and benefits, performance management, organizational structure and design and recruiting.

Prior to joining PMC, Todd served as Chief Legal Officer and SVP-Human Resources for Oversee.net, an innovative, technology-focused online advertising and marketing company with operating companies in the domain services, travel, retail and consumer finance verticals. While at Oversee, Todd was honored by the Daily Journal in 2014 as a Top In House Counsel in California and in 2012 the Los Angeles Business Journal honored Todd by awarding him its Corporate Counsel Award in the Private Companies with Less than $1 Billion in Annual Revenue category.

Before moving to Oversee, Todd was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Bingham McCutchen LLP where he focused on M&A transactions, venture capital and debt financings and general corporate work. Prior to joining Bingham, Todd worked at O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Kaye Scholer LLP in New York City.

Todd has a B.S. from Cornell University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Adam Cook, President and CFO of LDJ Productions, is responsible for all financial modelling, long-range forecasting, business development, and strategic partnerships. Adam is a dynamic organizational leader with experience in agency and venture-backed businesses. Responsible for guiding high-performing teams in the ar eas of Financial Modelling, Organizational Budgeting, Business Development & Growth Opportunities, and Strategic Partnerships. Outside-the-box thinker focused on driving value creation and profitable growth by implementing innovative solutions to continuous business challenges.

Prior to LDJ, Adam was CFO/COO at men’s lifestyle startup, Flint & Tinder, before the company was sold to Huckberry. Adam also served as Director of Finance for the historic and award winning, St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, where he oversaw the fundraising and purchase of the historic Tobacco Warehouse. Adam also worked on the client-finance side for advertising agency, Ogilvy & Mather, servicing international clients ranging from Blackrock, Coca Cola, GE, IBM, TD Ameritrade, and UPS.

Michael Ausiello (born February 23, 1972) is an American television industry journalist, author, and actor. He was a senior writer at TV Guide and its companion website, TVGuide.com, between 2000 and 2008. From 2008 to 2010, he wrote and reported for Entertainment Weekly before launching his own television news site, TVLine. Ausiello also published a memoir in 2017, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies.

Mr. Werner Loechle Kuno is a Founder, Chief Executive Officer at Penske Media Corporation and is based in Founder Chief Executive Officer.

George Grobar is Chief Operating Officer (COO) at PMC with responsibility for overseeing the company’s operating units and business plans. George joined PMC in 2009 and in addition to his role as COO is also currently a Director on the PMC Board. George joined PMC as Chief Financial Officer and was actively involved in integrating several new acquisitions into the company, building the PMC joint venture operations in India, and playing a lead role in the integration of the Variety operations. George has over 25 years of financial and operational experience in new media, consumer products and technology enterprises at PMC, The Walt Disney Company, and Unisys Corp. Prior to joining PMC, George was the Senior Vice President of Disney Mobile, reporting to the President of The Walt Disney Internet Group. George led the launch of a new strategic business from the ground up, competing with major players for share of mobile phones in the family market. Before moving to Disney Mobile, George held several senior positions in Disney business units including Vice President of Disney Ecommerce, Vice President of GO.com Mail and Website, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Disney Direct Marketing and Walt Disney Art Classics, and the Director of Business Operations & Control for Division Controllership. Prior to The Walt Disney Company, George was with Unisys for 8 years, working in the Corporate Treasury organization and progressing to Senior Manager roles in Finance and Product Management in the manufacturing, software development, and hardware engineering groups in Southern California. George has a B.A. degree in Economics and English, magna cum laude, from Amherst College in Massachusetts and an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan.