Pierce Named PR Head for Fox TV Studios

Justin Pierce has been named senior vice president of corporate communications for Fox Television Studios, said studio president David Grant, to whom he reports.

Pierce comes from the former Columbia TriStar Television Group (now Sony Pictures Television), where he spent 10 years, rising to the post of executive VP. Prior to that, he spent six years as head of media relations and special projects at New World Television. He was also a consultant to Gemini Star Productions.

Pierce received his bachelor’s of arts from UCLA and his law degree from Loyola Law School.

Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.