AMC Networks has expanded the size of its board by one to 15 directors, adding Matt Blank, the longtime media executive who served as the company’s interim chief executive for a year.
He came aboard to fill the role vacated by former CEO Josh Sapan as AMC looked for a successor, ultimately promoting chief operating officer and CFO Christina Spade to the top job Blank was an executive at Showtime Networks since the early 1990s, including a decade as CEO.
He previously held various roles at HBO. He currently serves as a director of broadcaster Cumulus Media, and public media’s CuriosityStream, and as an advisor to the D&Z Media Acquisition Corp.
SPAC. He has served as a senior advisor to boutique investment bank The Raine Group and sat on the on the board Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
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