Thursday, January 25, 2018

NewTV Names Silicon Valley Veteran Meg Whitman As CEO

Los Angeles-based NewTV, a brand new mobile media startup being incubated by Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo, announced on Wednesday that it has named Meg Whitman as its CEO. Whitman--most recently, the CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)--will relocate to Los Angeles as part of the appointment. According to WndrCo, NewTV is working to "bring the highest quality Hollywood production values and storytelling to mobile, in bite-sized formats of 10 minutes or less." Whitman is a longtime Silicon Valley veteran, having also previously served as President and CEO of eBay from 1998 to 2008. Whitman sits on the boards of HPE, Dropbox, The Procter & Gamble Company, Teach For America, and The Nature Conservancy.