News Corp., NBC hire Amazon exec to head online video venture

FROM VARIETY: Kilar to take on CEO role

By Steven Zeitchik of Variety -- Video Business, 6/29/2007

JUNE 29 | FROM VARIETY: Three months after announcing a plan to form an online video venture, NBC and News Corp. have hired a CEO, tapping Amazon.com exec Jason Kilar to run the operation.

Kilar, who has worked at Amazon for nearly a decade, helped launch and run its homevid business and also led a number of its tech initiatives. In a call with reporters, he emphasized “customer experience” as a goal for the site, still sounding like an exec for Amazon.com.

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