TIME Studios Names Ben Bitonti as President

Ben Bitonti, formerly chief creative officer at Asylum Entertainment Group, has joined TIME Studios as president.

“TIME Studios has already proven it can produce projects that resonate,” said Bitonti. “My focus is on pushing that even further—telling bold, ambitious stories across every platform and medium, and leading in a way that brings out the best in the people and partners around us.”

Bitonti will report directly to Sam Jacobs, who will now lead TIME Studios in addition to his role as TIME’s editor-in-chief. Based in Los Angeles, Bitonti will help advance TIME’s slate and deepen its relationships with buyers and distributors.

Most recently, Bitonti served as chief creative officer at Asylum Entertainment Group, where he led creative development and production across a broad slate of unscripted programming. Across his career, Bitonti has developed and produced unscripted series and specials, including Origins: The Journey of Humankind for National Geographic, The People vs. Michael Jackson for A&E, Surviving Ohio State for HBO and Super Bowl Greatest Commercials XXIII for CBS.