Meredith Taps GE Exec for CFO Role | People on the Move

[caption id="attachment_177771" align="alignright" width="150"] Jason Frierott[/caption] Meredith Corp. announced Thursday that it has hired Jason Frierott as its new VP and CFO, succeeding Joe Ceryanec, who had previously announced plans to retire in early 2020 after 12 years in the role. Frierott arrives from General Electric, where he spent 21 years, most recently as CFO of GE Transportation, its locomotive and railroad division which was spun off and merged with Wabtec Corp. last year in a deal valued at $11 billion. He begins his new role on March 31. Also this week, Meredith announced that Mike Fisher is re-joining Entertainment Weekly as VP/publisher. Fisher arrives from Apple, where he spent the past six months as head of publisher partnerships marketing. Prior to that, he spent 11 years in various roles at Condé Nast, including director of sales and marketing for Vanity Fair, executive director of network sales and corporate partnerships, and most recently, VP revenue and chief industry officer, focused on the media and entertainment sector. Fisher previously worked for Entertainment Weekly, then a part of  Time Inc., a division of Time Warner, as executive director, sales and marketing development, prior to leaving for Condé Nast in 2007. He begins on March 23 and will report to Carey Witmer, executive VP and group publisher of People, Entertainment Weekly and People en Español. Here are the rest of this week's people on the move... The recently appointed... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

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