There’s a newly created position of Chief Growth Officer that has just been filled at broadcast TV station ownership group TEGNA, and it is being taken by the SVP/Business Development who has also been President of the company’s Premion arm.
Earning the promotion is Tom Cox, who is now responsible for leading efforts to accelerate TEGNA’s existing digital businesses and for identifying new opportunities. He will also lead TEGNA’s technology and digital product divisions.
With his promotion, Daniel Spinosa will rise from Chief Financial Officer at Premion and will now serve as its President, reporting to Cox.
“As we look to the future, Tom’s extensive experience leading transformative transactions and scaling early to mid-stage businesses will be instrumental as we chart our future trajectory,” said Dave Lougee, TEGNA’s President/CEO.
Cox commented, “This is a pivotal moment in TEGNA’s history and media overall. I am eager to work with our digital, technology, and Premion teams to drive innovation and further growth across the business, leveraging the strength of TEGNA’s great assets.”
Before joining TEGNA in 2011, Cox served as SVP at FOX Digital. Before that, he spent almost eight years in a variety of executive roles at AOL in the business affairs, strategy, and corporate development departments. He began his career in the investment banking and interactive divisions at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey.
Spinosa has more than 20 years of media and finance experience, advising media companies, working with executives and board members on strategic investments, content strategy, deal valuations and equity financing. Earlier in his career, he held multiple finance, product and digital leadership roles at Comcast and spent 12 years at AOL as a senior executive in finance.
