Corus Ent. has announced a number of changes to its senior management lineup. Effective Aug. 5, 2008, Scott Dyer will assume the role of chief technology officer, and Doug Murphy will assume the role of president of Nelvana and exec VP and general manager of Corus Kids.
Dyer will lead all of Corus’ divisional and corporate technological undertakings. In this role, he will have operational and strategic responsibility for hardware, software, personnel and technical resources for Corus’ core and new media/new platform businesses. He will also oversee the technological aspects of the company’s move to its new corporate headquarters and broadcast facility next year. He will report to president and CEO John Cassaday, who will also assume operating responsibility for Corus Radio on an interim basis following the departure of unit president John Hayes.
Reporting to Paul Robertson, president of Corus Television, Murphy will oversee all of the company’s kids business globally, including YTV, Treehouse, Discovery Kids, Nelvana, KidsCo, qubo and Kids Can Press.
Mario Cecchini, Chris Pandoff, Doug Rutherford and Bryan Ellis will become VPs for Quebec, Ontario, the West and planning respectively. Rutherford will retain direct responsibility for the Edmonton Radio cluster. All cluster General Managers across Canada will report directly to the appropriate regional VP.
