{"id":3862,"date":"2011-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2011\/10\/12\/spike-tv-exec-moves-to-new-sports-position\/"},"modified":"2011-10-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T00:00:00","slug":"spike-tv-exec-moves-to-new-sports-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/spike-tv-exec-moves-to-new-sports-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Spike TV Exec Moves to New Sports Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">NEW YORK: Jon Slusser has been appointed senior VP of sports and multiplatform programming at Spike TV, a newly created position.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Slusser will be based in Los Angeles and report to Kevin Kay, the president of Spike TV. He will be tasked with creating live, multiplatform, socially driven events with a focus on identifying sports and events that are a strategic fit for the brand. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Slusser previously served as senior VP of Spike Digital Entertainment, a group which he helped create that includes Spike.com, GameTrailers.com, UltimateFighter.com and GameTrailers TV&mdash;a weekly TV show on Spike TV where he served as executive producer. Slusser joined MTV Networks in 2006 when the company he founded, GameTrailers.com, was acquired by Viacom. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;Spike is committed to creating distinctive live programming that delivers viewers on a multitude of platforms including television, online, mobile, social networks, and tablets,&rdquo; said Kay. &ldquo;We believe Jon&rsquo;s entrepreneurial spirit and forward thinking leadership in multi-platform programming makes him the perfect guy to identify and build emerging franchises for us.&rdquo;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Jon Slusser has been appointed senior VP of sports and multiplatform programming at Spike TV, a newly created position. Slusser will be based in Los Angeles and report to Kevin Kay, the president of Spike TV. 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