NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB, VIA) today announced that Julia Phelps has
been promoted to Senior Vice President, Communications & Culture. In the
newly created role, Phelps will serve on the company's senior executive
team and lead corporate communications, corporate marketing and culture.
Most recently, Phelps led communications for the company's international
business, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN). She will continue
to report to Bob Bakish, President and CEO of Viacom.
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"Julia has been an indispensable partner for me in developing and
articulating Viacom's strategy, while keeping us true to our values and
responsive to our employees," said Bakish. "It is absolutely critical
that both our external stakeholders and our people understand and
embrace our new vision for Viacom, and Julia's insight, empathy and
forward thinking make her uniquely suited to this task."
In her role, Phelps will oversee Viacom's Corporate Communications,
Corporate Marketing, Corporate Responsibility and Special Events teams,
as well as its internal creative agency, Catalyst. Most recently, she
served as Executive Vice President of Communications at Viacom
International Media Networks (VIMN), where she led VIMN's internal and
external communications efforts for Viacom's international brands,
including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount Channel, VH1,
COLORS and Channel 5. Previously, Phelps served as Senior Vice President
of Corporate Communications for VIMN and as VP of Corporate
Communications for Viacom.
Phelps joined Viacom in 2005 from New York-based agency DeVries Public
Relations. A native of Canada, she earned a B.A. in Political Science
from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, and an M.S. in
Strategic Communications from Columbia University.
About Viacom
Viacom is home to premier global media brands that create compelling
television programs, motion pictures, short-form content, apps, games,
consumer products, social media experiences, and other entertainment
content for audiences in more than 180 countries. Viacom's media
networks, including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, Spike, BET,
CMT, TV Land, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., Logo, Nicktoons, TeenNick, Channel
5 (UK), Telefe (Argentina) and Paramount Channel, reach over 3.9 billion
cumulative television subscribers worldwide. Paramount Pictures is a
major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment.
For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com.
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