GO.com Appoints Riccardo Spina Vice President of Creative Design.Business Editors SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2000 Riccardo Spina has been named vice president of creative design for GO.com, part of the Walt Disney Internet Group The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) oversees several websites owned by The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. [1] The division's Disney Online unit operates disney. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DIG), it was announced by Rajiv Samant, executive vice president and general manager of GO.com. "Riccardo will drive the creative process, and promote design and design principles for the new GO.com Web guide as the company concentrates on becoming the Web leader in recreation, entertainment and leisure," said Samant. "He brings a unique blend of creative design expertise and strong business knowledge of Internet design and marketing." A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Spina has spent the past several years as senior director of design 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. Internet Integrated Media Group, where he directed the design, concept and development of more than a dozen high traffic Web sites, including Snap.com, Xoom.com and NBC.com, among others. Prior to working at NBC, Spina was a creative director, successfully repositioning major retail brands, including Apple, The Limited, Banana Republic and Compuserve. About GO.com GO.com, part of the Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE:DIG), is a Web guide offering consumers a user-friendly navigation tool that targets the growing number of online users looking for information in the areas of entertainment, sports, news, and other free time and leisure activities. Based on the award-winning search technology from Infoseek, GO.com blends search, directory, content, commerce and community in one package -- unlike anything on the Web today. GO.com headquarters are in Sunnyvale, Calif. About WDIG WDIG Walt Disney Internet Group WDIG Walt Disney Imagineering Glendale (California) Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE:DIG) is the Internet business of The Walt Disney Company and manages some of the Internet's most popular Web sites, including GO.com, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com, ABCNEWS.com, ABCSports.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, DisneyTravel.com, Family.com, ESPN.com, Movies.com, Mr. Showbiz, NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com, NBA.com, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Online and Soccernet. WDIG has headquarters in North Hollywood, Calif., and has operations in Sunnyvale, Calif., Seattle, New York, Bristol, Conn., and London. |
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