{"id":16641,"date":"2021-08-12T10:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/va-media-hires-new-director-unscripted-content\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T11:44:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T15:44:26","slug":"va-media-hires-new-director-of-unscripted-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/va-media-hires-new-director-of-unscripted-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Barnes Joins VA Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VA Media has appointed entertainment media executive Hannah Barnes to the newly created role of director of unscripted content.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes, who ran the Lifestyle bouquet of channels at Foxtel from 2014 to 2019, will lead efforts to build VA Media\u2019s list of unscripted YouTube channels. 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