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☆ Roku is set to announce Publicis exec Jay Askinasi as its next ad-sales boss
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Roku is set to announce Jay Askinasi as its new ad-sales boss, sources say. Askinasi will join from PMX, a division of the ad giant Publicis Groupe. Askinasi fills the role left vacant by Alison Levin, who left for NBCUniversal last year. AdvertisementThe streaming and smart-TV company Roku is set to announce that it has hired Jay Askinasi, a senior exec at the ad giant Publicis Groupe, to lead its global media revenue business, according to sources familiar with the matter. Askinasi would fill the role left vacant by Alison Levin, who left the streamer in November to join NBCUniversal as president of its ad-sales unit.

Persons: Jay Askinasi, Alison Levin, —, Charlie Collier, Roku Organizations: Groupe, Askinasi, NBCUniversal, Service, Business Locations: PMX

☆ Roku stock soars on third-quarter revenue beat, solid outlook
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Drew Richardson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A video sign displays the logo for Roku, a video streaming firm, in Times Square after the company's initial public offering at the Nasdaq Market in New York on Sept. 28, 2017. Shares of Roku soared in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected revenue for the third quarter. Roku-branded smart TV's come pre-installed with the Roku interface users would experience on an external plug-in Roku Streaming Player. "We had a solid rebound in video ads in the third quarter," Roku Media President Charlie Collier said during the earnings call. For the fourth quarter, Roku expects revenue of roughly $955 million, topping the $952 million expected by Wall Street, according to LSEG.

Persons: Roku, Mustafa Ozgen, Charlie Collier Organizations: Nasdaq, Wall, CNBC, CNBC PRO Locations: New York, LSEG

☆ Drafting it: Sportscaster Rich Eisen on football and finances
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Chris Taylor | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Feb 9, 2023; Phoenix, Arizona, US; Sports commentator Rich Eisen poses for a photo on the red carpet before the NFL Honors award show at Symphony Hall. “I hung up the phone and became the owner of my own business,” Eisen recalls about buying back his show from DirecTV, which was shuttering its Audience Network. This year’s edition will kick off April 27 in Kansas City, Missouri, and Eisen will be assuming hosting duties once again. But when he thinks about his financial life, Eisen does not focus much on areas like stock picking. When I first got that call, I didn’t have the first clue about how to run a business," Eisen says.

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