Pelley to replace Viner at top of Rogers Media

TORONTO - Keith Pelley has been hired as president of Rogers Media, the company announced this morning.He will succeed Tony Viner, who in May announced his plan to retire, beginning September 7.Pelley, 46, will report to Rogers Communications president and CEO Nadir Mohamed and will have overall responsibility for Rogers Media properties including Rogers Broadcasting, Rogers Publishing, Rogers Digital Media, Rogers Sportsnet, the Shopping Channel, the Toronto Blue Jays and Rogers Centre. He was most recently executive vice-president of strategic planning at CTV and president of Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium (however, with Rogers as a main partner in that...