<![CDATA[ Latest from Next TV in Gary-knell ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/tag/gary-knell Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:25:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Gary Knell Named President/CEO of National Geographic Partners ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/gary-knell-named-presidentceo-national-geographic-partners-418064 h1JqSLgfrGU1g9V1CSc8hV Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:25:00 +0000

National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between 21st Century Fox and the National Geographic Society, has named Gary Knell president and CEO.

Knell, who has been president and CEO of the National Geographic Society since 2014, succeeds Declan Moore, who is leaving the venture.

In his new role as CEO of National Geographic Partners, effective March 1, Knell will oversee all of National Geographic’s global storytelling assets, including the television, magazine, print and digital operations, licensing and travel expeditions

The National Geographic Channel is one of the assets 21st Century Fox has agreed to sell to the Walt Disney Co.

“Declan has been a tremendous champion of National Geographic, and his steady leadership in the founding of National Geographic Partners has created a foundation for it to thrive as one of the world’s most iconic media brands for years to come,” said Peter Rice, president of 21st Century Fox. “Gary is ideally situated to build on that momentum. Nobody understands National Geographic better than Gary, and his breadth of media experience, strategic mindset and global perspective make him the perfect leader of the organization at this exciting time of transformation.”

]]> <![CDATA[ Fox Expands Partnership With National Geographic ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/fox-expands-partnership-national-geographic-393587 9BYc1jz5AR2gaw5W5NXTCq Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:15:00 +0000

21st Century Fox said it agreed to expand its partnership with The National Geographic Society.

In addition to operating the National Geographic cable channels was a joint venture, the new partnership will include the National Geographic Society’s other media properties, including its magazines.

21st Century Fox is paying the society $725 million in the transaction.

The new joint venture will be called National Geographic Partners. 21st Century Fox will own 73% and the National Geographic Society will own 27%. The partnership will have equal representation on the board of directors, with the partners alternating having the chairman of the board annually.

Gary Knell, president and CEO of National Geographic Society, will be the first board chairman. Declan Moore, a 20-year veteran of the Society currently serving as chief Mmedia officer, has been appointed CEO of National Geographic Partners.

“We are privileged to have the opportunity to expand our partnership to continue to bring to audiences around the world -- ‘the world and all that is in it,’ as National Geographic Society’s second president, Alexander Graham Bell, stated more than a century ago,” James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox, said. "We believe in the Society's mission of bringing the world to audiences through science, education and exploration."

The additional resources will enable The National Geographic Society to basically double its investment in an array of science, research and education programs, the parties said.

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