Fuse Taps Jennifer McGovern For SVP Role

Fuse Media has named former VH1 and TLC executive Jennifer McGovern to the newly created position of senior vice president, current and development, the network said Thursday.

McGovern will be responsible for all original content development and production as well as the generation of new original content strategies, said network officials. McGovern, who will report to Fuse chief content officer J-T Ladt, will also be responsible for identifying new material and opportunities for long and short-form programming for Fuse Media’s diverse content platforms.

Most recently McGovern worked at VH1 and was responsible for the development of all VH1 East Coast original programming. McGovern also had stints at Oxygen and TLC.

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.