{"id":8795,"date":"2018-06-14T11:46:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/entertainment-hires-ex-discovery-exec-jon-sechrist\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T12:34:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T16:34:33","slug":"my-entertainment-hires-ex-discovery-exec-jon-sechrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/my-entertainment-hires-ex-discovery-exec-jon-sechrist\/","title":{"rendered":"MY Entertainment Hires Ex-Discovery Exec Jon Sechrist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Sechrist, a veteran of Discovery, has joined MY Entertainment in the newly created role of executive VP of production, development and strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Sechrist will be charged with developing new programming and strategy, building on MY Entertainment\u2019s success with titles such as <em>Ghost Adventures<\/em>, <em>Pros Vs Joes<\/em>,<em> Breaking Borders <\/em>and <em>Baggage Battles<\/em>. Among the projects in the development pipeline is the transactional docuseries <em>Hidden Assets<\/em> (working title). Sechrist will be based in New York and will report to MY Entertainment\u2019s president and founder, Michael\u00a0Yudin.<\/p>\n<p>Yudin said, \u201cHaving worked on both the network and production side of the business, Jon is that rare executive\u2014a TV mind understanding the pressures of production, as well as the commercial imperatives. What\u2019s more, he knows his way around the global market, having worked extensively with U.S. and international content. That skillset, along with his background in both scripted and unscripted content, makes Jon the ideal person to lead MY Entertainment into its next phase of growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sechrist added, \u201cHaving known Michael for years, I know he\u2019s a maverick and mensch. I\u2019m excited about my next adventure, working with Michael\u2019s talented team and helping to grow MY Entertainment\u2019s business in a challenging, ever-changing international market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Sechrist, a veteran of Discovery, has joined MY Entertainment in the newly created role of executive VP of production, development and strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":8796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1810],"class_list":["post-8795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-my-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MY Entertainment Hires Ex-Discovery Exec Jon Sechrist - TVUSA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jon Sechrist, a veteran of Discovery, has joined MY Entertainment in the newly created role of executive VP of production, development and strategy.\" \/>\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\/my-entertainment-hires-ex-discovery-exec-jon-sechrist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MY Entertainment Hires Ex-Discovery Exec Jon Sechrist - 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