Universal Studio Group Taps Jordan Moblo as EVP, Creative Acquisitions, IP Management

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Exec was with Netflix

Jordan Moblo Universal Studio Group
Jordan Moblo (Image credit: Universal Studio Group)

NBCUniversal’s Universal Studio Group named Jordan Moblo executive VP, creative acquisitions and IP management.

Previously with Netflix, where he was director of IP Scouting, Moblo will be responsible for sourcing and acquiring content for Universal Television, UCP, Universal International Studios and Universal Television Alternative Studio.

Moblo will report to Erin Underhill, president of UTV, Beatrice Springborn, president of UCP and UIS, and Toby Gorman, president of UTAS. He fills a position previously held by Scott Nemes. 

Before Netflix, Moblo was with 20th Television. ■

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.