Turner Broadcasting Ad Sales Elevates Dan Rie ...

Dan Riess has been promoted to executive vice president of integrated marketing and branded content for Turner Broadcasting's Ad Sales division. Based in New York, Riess will report to Donna Speciale, president of Turner Broadcasting Ad Sales.

A Turner veteran with over 15 years of experience spanning multiple divisions across the company, Riess will now oversee branded marketing partnerships for advertisers across the company's domestic entertainment, news, kids and young adult brands and businesses. Within this new role, Riess' centralized marketing and branded content division is dedicated to meeting clients' demand for marketing opportunities that utilize the reach of television with the engagement of digital, while delivering proven ROI results to brand marketing and agency partners.

We represent a diverse portfolio of leading businesses. As our brands continue to grow, so do the demands for custom marketing opportunities across our networks, digital and mobile platforms; thus, dictating a need for a centralized person to manage these integrated activations, said Speciale. Dan has done an incredible job in his previous role overseeing the Turner Entertainment integration group and will bring that drive, creativity and strategic focus to the larger portfolio.

Riess joined Turner in 1997 and has since held a multitude of ascending positions in key strategic groups. Prior to his current role, he was senior vice president of integrated marketing for Turner Entertainment Ad Sales and Marketing and played a vital role in the development of Now Media, a portfolio of 2014/15 Upfront offerings that married the benefits of both television and digital for today's brand marketer. Riess joined Turner Entertainment's ad sales division after serving as vice president of marketing and ad solutions for the Turner New Products Group, where he led efforts generating, executing and managing new products for strategic growth across linear and non-traditional platforms for the company. During this time, he was part of the team that spearheaded the launch of TVinContext, which improved advertising effectiveness by running an advertiser's creative adjacent to contextually relevant scenes, across a large in-house feature film library. Riess has also held positions in Turner's Strategic Planning and Turner Marketing Solutions Group, and played a key role in developing innovative product offerings for Turner's Entertainment and News divisions. He began his career in marketing at EMI Music/EMI Records.

Under Riess' leadership he and his teams have been recognized with over 40 awards for creative excellence and effectiveness, including their contributions toward the Emmy-winning CONAN sync app, with AT&T as the launch partner. Riess earned a bachelor of arts degree in international affairs at Gettysburg College and an MBA at Columbia University School of Business.

Turner Broadcasting Ad Sales monetizes the company's portfolio of leading news, sports, kids and entertainment properties through advertising and brand activations. Attracting a wide-scale audience of diverse consumers, the collection includes leading media brands CNN, HLN, TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim, Bleacher Report and Turner Sports' high-profile coverage of the NBA, NASCAR, MLB, NCAA and PGA. In addition, the company has digital sales partnerships with Funny Or Die, the NBA, NCAA and PGA.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news; entertainment; animation and young adult; and sports media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

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MEDIA CONTACT:

Jenn Toner

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

(212) 275-6642

jenn.toner@turner.com

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