In March 2019, she rose to President of Advertising Sales, Marketing and Brand Partnerships for Fox Corporation, rising from the position of President of Advertising Sales for FOX News and FOX Business Network.
Now, Marianne Gambelli is retiring, concluding a career that spans more than 40 years in media and entertainment ad sales.
Who’s succeeding Gambelli?
Taking the post is Jeff Collins, who rises from the role of EVP/Advertising Sales for FOX News Media.
This will see Collins oversee the company’s ad sales efforts across the company’s portfolio of brands and platforms, including FOX Entertainment, Tubi, FOX Sports, FS1, FS2, FOX Deportes, and FOX News Media, which includes FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network.
“I look forward to leading the Ad Sales team as we continue to work with our valued partners to provide unique and compelling connections with the passionate audiences only FOX can offer,” said Collins, who joined FOX in 2019 from Viant Technology, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer for the company and its subsidiaries including, Specific Media, Vindico, Myspace and Xumo.
Before that, Collins spent 18 years with Turner Broadcasting where he held sales and leadership positions across many of the Time Warner brands. As Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, he oversaw all east coast sales representing 70 percent of the revenue across the CNN properties including, CNN, HLN, CNN Airport and CNN Digital.
Commenting on Gambelli’s career conclusion and Collins’ promotion, Lachlan Murdoch, Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Corp., commented, “I want to thank Marianne for her many contributions to FOX and congratulate her on a phenomenal career. Marianne has contributed immensely to the successful execution of our strategies, and it has been a great pleasure of mine to work alongside her. Jeff has established himself as a leader and an innovator and we are confident that he will continue to build value for our advertising partners across all of our platforms.”
Gambelli commented, “It has been an honor to lead this talented team during such a transformative period in our industry. I know they are well positioned under Jeff’s leadership to continue to set the standard for excellence for delivering results for our advertising partners.”
Prior to FOX, Gambelli served as Chief Investment Officer at Horizon Media, where she managed its $7 billion investment portfolio and a team of over 350 investment specialists to actively develop key new business acquisitions across top tier brands.
Gambelli joined Horizon Media in 2012 from NBCUniversal, exiting as President of Sales and Marketing after 22 years overseeing partnerships and strategy across NBC’s News, Sports and Entertainment brands.
Gambelli has been lauded with numerous professional awards, and most recently, was honored by the International Radio and Television Society (IRTS) Hall of Mentorship.
