Suzanne Kolb Upped at E!, The Style Network

LOS ANGELES, May 13:
Suzanne Kolb has been promoted to chief marketing officer for E! Entertainment
and The Style Network and general manager of E! Online.

Kolb leads all marketing,
communications and brand alliances for the networks. She also oversees E!
Online and Mystyle.com, working closely with the company’s international
division to direct brand strategies worldwide. Kolb also coordinates with the
network heads to lead talent relations efforts for both E! and Style and
co-supervises E!’s newsgathering team.

She previously served as
the executive VP of marketing and communications for E! Entertainment and The
Style Network, leading the launches of successful E! programs such as Keeping
Up with the Kardashians, Girls
Next Door and Snoop Dogg’s
Father Hood. This summer, Kolb
will oversee the launches of E!’s new original series Denise Richards: It’s
Complicated and Living Lohan, as well as the observational documentary series
tentatively titled Pamela.

"Suzanne has played
an integral role in the ongoing growth and success of E!, Style and E!
Online," said Ted
Harbert, the president and CEO of Comcast Entertainment Group, to whom Kolb
continues to report. "She is an incredibly gifted executive who possesses
the rare combination of superb creative skills with unparalleled managerial
abilities. It is a pleasure to announce her well-deserved promotion as we
embark upon the company's next exciting chapter."

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski