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He will work under Gretchen Stockdale, Pilgrim Media&#8217;s COO and general counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Harris previously served as a business affairs executive at WME since 2008. Earlier in his career, he was an associate at Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher.<\/p>\n<p>Stockdale commented: \u201cDavid\u2019s expertise in the key facets of our business, the complexity of the deals he has orchestrated and the caliber of talent he has worked with make him an ideal fit for Pilgrim. We know David will be integral to our team as we continue building our premium franchises and expanding our content into new arenas and platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pilgrim Media Group has appointed David Harris, a former William Morris Endeavor (WME) exec, as its senior VP of business and legal affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1556,327],"class_list":["post-8372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-david-harris","tag-pilgrim-media-group"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pilgrim Media Taps WME Alum to Lead Business Affairs - TVUSA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pilgrim Media Group has appointed David Harris, a former William Morris Endeavor (WME) exec, as its senior VP of business and legal affairs.\" \/>\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\/tvusa\/pilgrim-media-taps-wme-alum-to-lead-business-affairs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pilgrim Media Taps WME Alum to Lead Business Affairs - 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