Zalaznick Joins Nielsen Board of Directors

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Nielsen Holdings said that former NBCUniversal executive Lauren Zalaznick has joined its board as an independent director.

Zalaznick now advises and invests in digital media startups, primarily focused on new content platforms.

She sits on the boards of Shazam and Penguin Random House. She is a senior advisor to Refinery29, Atlas Obscura and Medium.com. She is also an advisor to venture capital firm Greycroftt Partners.

At NBCU, Zalaznick was chairman of entertainment & digital networks and integrated media. Before that, she was at Viacom.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.