TORONTO – Corus has announced that John Cassaday will assume, in addition to his current role as president and CEO, operating responsibility for Corus Radio on an interim basis, effective September 2. Cassaday will take over John Hayes duties who steps down as president of Corus Radio on August 31.
Going forward, Mario Cecchini, Chris Pandoff, Doug Rutherford and Bryan Ellis, who will become vice-presidents for Quebec, Ontario, the West and planning respectively, will report directly to Cassaday. Doug Rutherford will retain direct responsibility for the Edmonton Radio cluster. All cluster general managers across Canada will report directly to the appropriate regional vice-president.
Effective August 5, Scott Dyer will assume the role of chief technology officer for the company, reporting to Cassaday. Dyer will lead all of Corus’s divisional and corporate technological undertakings. In this role, he will have operational and strategic responsibility for hardware, software, personnel and technical resources for Corus’ core and new media/new platform businesses. He will also oversee the technological aspects of the company’s move to its new eight-storey, 480,000-square-foot corporate headquarters and broadcast facility on the Toronto waterfront next year.
Doug Murphy will assume the role of President, Nelvana, EVP and general manager, Corus Kids on August 5, reporting to Paul Robertson, president, Corus Television. In this role, Murphy will oversee all of the Company’s kids business globally, including YTV, Treehouse, Discovery Kids, Nelvana, KidsCo, qubo and Kids Can Press.
