Suzanne Kolb Takes President Post at E!

LOS ANGELES: Suzanne Kolb has been appointed president of E! Entertainment, where she’ll report directly to Bonnie Hammer, the chairman of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios.

Kolb had previously been the president of marketing, news and online for E! and The Style Network. She had led all marketing, communications and brand alliances for both networks, along with overseeing the online destinations of E! Online and mystyle.com.

With her new appointment, Kolb joins a senior management team that includes the longtime E! executives Steve Dolcemaschio, the COO; Lisa Berger, the president of entertainment programming; and Cyndi McClellan, the executive VP of research and program strategy.

"As a member of E!’s leadership team, Suzanne has played a pivotal role in getting the network to the great place it is today," said Hammer. "Her strong oversight of three areas key to E!’s success—news, online and marketing—makes her the perfect person to lead the brand through the important next phase of its evolution."

"I am incredibly grateful to Bonnie for the opportunity to lead E! during this wonderfully exciting and unique time in the brand’s history and equally thrilled to do that in partnership with a management team I know and love," commented Kolb. "E! has enjoyed great success in the past but we’re just getting started."