Allan Horlick Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of NewsNet Central.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1998-- Former CNBC Europe CNBC Europe is a business and financial news channel broadcast in Europe. It is the European version of CNBC. It is operated by NBC Universal, and headquartered in London. President and Managing Director Tapped to Leverage Convergence of Broadcast Television and Internet NewsNet Central, a producer and distributor of branded television programming, Wednesday announced that Allan Horlick has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Jan. 5, 1999. As previously announced on Oct. 22, 1998, NewsNet Central is acquiring the assets of the television broadcast division of Preview Travel Inc. (Nasdaq:PTVL). The company, which is poised to leverage the convergence of broadcast and the Internet, plans to produce and/or distribute consumer-oriented television programming for a number of companies including Intuit in·tu·it tr.v. in·tu·it·ed, in·tu·it·ing, in·tu·its Usage Problem To know intuitively. [Back-formation from intuition. , Preview Travel, C/NET and HealthCentral. Commenting on the announcement, Jim Hornthal, Founder/Chairman of Preview Travel and interim CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of NewsNet Central said, "After our extensive search, we felt that Allan Horlick was the most qualified candidate to lead NewsNet Central into the future. Allan's extensive background and success in broadcast media and general management at NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. brings NewsNet Central extremely relevant strength and experience. Allan's leadership and vision will be a major catalyst that enables us to create effective broadband opportunities for our partners, opportunities that we believe are the essential missing link in the converging future of media." Horlick said: "I'm extremely pleased to have the opportunity to lead NewsNet Central. The company is poised for not only tremendous future growth in the daily syndicated broadcast industry, but through the convergence of broadcast television and the Internet. I'm looking forward to the challenges and am confident we can grow this business beginning with the subjects of finance, computers, travel and health care." Prior to joining NewsNet Central, Horlick was President and Managing Director of CNBC Europe, where he oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. day-to-day operations, development, sales, programming and marketing for CNBC Europe. From 1987 to 1991, Horlick worked for NBC's owned and operated television station WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., as Vice President and General Manager, rising to President and General Manager in 1991. During that time, News 4 grew to become the No. 1 news source among viewers in the Washington area. In addition, WRC-TV gained a national reputation for its "Working 4 You" brand, which has been emulated by television stations across the country. In addition to his duties as President of WRC-TV, in 1995 he served as Director of Launch Operations for the creation of CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a business news channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC). It is broadcast from Singapore and Hong Kong. History CNBC Asia launched in 1995. based in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , and provided similar assistance in 1996 for the launch of NBC Asia. Prior to his tenure at WRC WRC World Rally Championship (auto racing) WRC World Radiocommunication Conference WRC Water Resource Center WRC Women's Resource Center WRC Welding Research Council WRC Water Research Commission (South Africa) , he served for three years as Station Manager of WMAQ-TV, NBC's owned and operated station in Chicago. From 1979 to 1984, Horlick was first manager, then Director of Sales at WRC-TV. Between 1974 and 1979, he worked for NBC Spot Sales in Chicago and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Preview Travel is a leading provider of branded online travel services for leisure and small-business travelers. It offers one-stop shopping for airline tickets, car rentals, hotels, vacation packages and cruises, as well as integrated access to travel information, news and resources. The company operates its own award-winning Web site at http://www.previewtravel.com, in addition to the primary travel services on America Online See AOL. , Excite, Lycos, SNAP! and USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. . About NewsNet Central San Francisco-based NewsNet Central is a pioneer in bridging the converging gap between broadcast and Internet mediums by partnering with leading Internet content brands, and providing production and syndication services to create synergisting exposure in a local television newscasts. The company's program portfolio and partners include: travel with Preview Travel, personal finance with Intuit's Quicken.com, technology with CNet and health programming with HealthCentral.com. |
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