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Frank A. Bennack, Jr., Vice Chair and CEO, The Hearst Corporation

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International Council 2012 NYC: Innovation Without Borders

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Partner:: Paley Center for Media
Location:: The Paley Center for Media
New York, NY
Event Date:: 11.16.12
Speakers:: Frank A. Bennack Jr.,; Pat Mitchell
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Summary: Moderator: Pat Mitchell, President and CEO, The Paley Center for Media

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Frank A. Bennack Jr.

Frank A. Bennack, Jr., chairman of The Paley Center for Media, is the chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation, one of the nation's largest private companies engaged in a broad range of publishing, broadcasting, cable networking and diversified communications activities. He is in his second tenure as CEO and in his first, served as Hearst's CEO for more than 23 years.

He is also presently vice chairman of the Hearst Board of Directors and chairman of the Corporation's Executive Committee. Bennack is also director of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation. He is chairman of The National Magazine Company Limited of Great Britain, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hearst Corporation.

Bennack is also a governor and vice chairman of New York-Presbyterian Hospital and its Healthcare System, a managing director of the Metropolitan Opera of New York, and chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Pat Mitchell

Pat Mitchell was appointed president and chief executive officer of The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) effective March 15, 2006. Mitchell came to the Paley Center from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), where she was named president and chief executive officer in March 2000, the first woman and first producer and journalist to hold the position.

She is credited with leading public broadcasting into the digital future with such initiatives as the conversion from analog to digital broadcasting, the launch of a high-definition PBS channel and an on-demand and cable preschool children's service, the growth of PBS's website into one of the three most visited sites on the Internet, and the establishment of the Digital Future Initiative to help define models for public service media using new digital technologies.