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Comedy Central has a new head of digital.
The cable network has tapped Above Average president Jennifer Danielson as senior vp digital.
In the new role, she will oversee all digital content creation, from shortform series to social videos. She will also work to align Comedy Central’s digital strategy with parent company Viacom. Danielson, who will be based out of Comedy Central’s SoHo offices, will report to executive vp marketing and creative Josh Line.
“We are thrilled to have Jen join Comedy Central,” said Line. “She brings industry-leading experience in the digital space and possesses a creative vision that has led to longstanding success producing award-winning comedy across linear and digital platforms with Broadway Video and Above Average. Her passion for comedy matches ours and she shares the same appreciation for the sharp comedic voices, innovation and experimentation that have so successfully built the Comedy Central brand.”
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Comedy Central president Kent Alterman added, “I am tempted to speak about Jen with superlative cliches, because in this case, they are totally true.”
Danielson spent 16 years at Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video, serving as a producer on 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live. In 2012, she built out Above Average as a digital-centric subsidiary of the production company, which over the last five years has produced such shorts as 7 Minutes in Heaven, Alec Baldwin’s Love Ride and YouTube Red special Jingle Ballin‘. Above Average appointed digital veteran Marc Hustvedt as its CEO in June of this year.
Said Danielson, “I’m so excited to join such an amazing team at Comedy Central, and I am looking forward to the opportunity my new role provides to continue creating great comedy content.”
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