{"id":9884,"date":"2016-04-11T09:54:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T13:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/9-story-taps-blake-tohana-as-cfo\/"},"modified":"2016-04-11T12:27:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T16:27:08","slug":"blake-tohana-named-9-story-cfo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/blake-tohana-named-9-story-cfo\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Tohana Among New 9 Story Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has hired Blake Tohana, a former Tricon Films &amp; Television executive, as the company&#8217;s chief financial officer, while Brown Bag Films CEO Cathal Gaffney becomes 9 Story&#8217;s COO.<\/p>\n<p>In his new role, Tohana will work under Vince Commisso, 9 Story&#8217;s\u00a0president and CEO. He will lead the company&#8217;s\u00a0overall financial reporting, corporate development and risk management. Tohana most recently served as CFO of Tricon Films &amp; Television. Earlier in his career, he was the executive VP and CFO of Magna Entertainment Corp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to welcome Blake to the 9 Story team,\u201d said Commisso. \u201cHis appointment fortifies our recent expansion and helps pave the way for future growth. Blake\u2019s experience leading media and entertainment companies both large and small will be invaluable for our plans going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>9 Story has also made other changes to its management team following the acquisition of Brown Bag Films. Steve Jarosz becomes executive VP, charged with\u00a0production financing and compliance. Gaffney continues as head of\u00a0Brown Bag Films and was appointed\u00a0COO for 9 Story Media Group, responsible for production, technology and HR. Natalie Osborne becomes chief strategy officer, overseeing distribution, consumer products, acquisitions, marketing and business development, while Natalie Dumoulin, VP of creative affairs, will manage a unified development team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are now a team of 500, with locations in four different countries,\u201d added\u00a0Commisso. \u201cThe changes to our management structure are an important step towards integration, designed to help us seize opportunities and achieve our strategic vision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has hired Blake Tohana, a former Tricon Films &amp; Television executive, as the company&#8217;s chief financial officer, while Brown Bag Films CEO Cathal Gaffney becomes 9 Story&#8217;s COO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":9885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[221,1077],"class_list":["post-9884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-9-story-media-group","tag-blake-tohana","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blake Tohana Among New 9 Story Appointments - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/blake-tohana-named-9-story-cfo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blake Tohana Among New 9 Story Appointments - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has hired Blake Tohana, a former Tricon Films &amp; 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