{"id":6877,"date":"2016-03-28T10:49:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/new-ceo-in-place-at-sonar-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2016-03-28T12:25:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T16:25:40","slug":"new-ceo-in-place-at-sonar-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/new-ceo-in-place-at-sonar-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Lesinski Confirmed as Sonar Entertainment&#8217;s CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Sonar Entertainment has named\u00a0Thomas Lesinski, who has served on the company\u2019s board of directors since 2013, as its CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Lesinski has occupied the post of Sonar&#8217;s\u00a0interim CEO since September 2015. Prior to that, he was the CEO and founder of Energi Entertainment and has also served as president of Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment and president of Worldwide Home Entertainment for Paramount. Before that, Lesinski worked at Warner Bros. for ten years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the time that Tom has taken the helm as Sonar\u2019s interim CEO, he has without question demonstrated how ideally suited he is to guide our ongoing growth and expansion,\u201d said Gabriel de Alba, chairman of Sonar Entertainment and managing director and partner at The Catalyst Capital Group. \u201cHe has the vision and the leadership skills to ensure that the momentum the company currently enjoys will continue and accelerate moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great company with a clear mandate and strong creative momentum,\u201d added Lesinski. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to Catalyst and the Sonar board for the ongoing support and look forward to the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Sonar Entertainment has named Thomas Lesinski, who has served on the company\u2019s board of directors since 2013, as its CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[449],"class_list":["post-6877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-sonar-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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