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James Pitaro

President of ESPN & Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks at The Walt Disney Company

James Pitaro

James Pitaro

President of ESPN & Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks at The Walt Disney Company

Overview

Career Highlights

ESPN.com
ESPN, Inc.
Disney Interactive, Inc.

RelSci Relationships

5543

Number of Boards

6

Relationships

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Christine M. McCarthy

Chief Executive Officer at Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Ben Sherwood

Co-Chairman at The Walt Disney Co. /Media Networks

Relationship likelihood: Strong

John D. Skipper

Secretary & Director at National Cable & Telecommunications Association

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Robert Roback

Chief Executive Officer & Director at Isolation Network, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Uday Shankar

President, Asia-Pacific at The Walt Disney Company

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Zander Lurie

Chief Executive Officer & Director at SVMK, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Leah Bernthal

Co-Founder at CoachArt

Relationship likelihood: Strong

George W. Bodenheimer

President at ESPN Productions, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Peter Rice

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Fox Networks Group, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Alan Bergman

Co-Chairman, the Walt Disney Studios at The Walt Disney Company

Relationship likelihood: Strong

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In The News

Washington Post Blogs

November 13, 2019

'High Noon' sticks out on ESPN. Will ESPN stick it out with 'High Noon'?; The show aspires to be a high-minded debate show, but will it still be on the air six months from now?

Targeted News Service

November 6, 2019

ESPN Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Veterans Day With Annual Veterans Week Initiative

New York Business Journal

October 30, 2019

Profile: ESPN's Tina Thornton proves instrumental in the president's office

Washington Post Blogs

October 15, 2019

ESPN's politics policy, and its journalism, tested by NBA-China controversy; ESPN wants to be the place of record for sports news while steering clear of politics. Those goals went head to head last week.

Washington Post Blogs

October 10, 2019

Mina Kimes will host ESPN's new morning podcast; The ESPN senior writer's new venture will debut Oct. 21.

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James Pitaro

President of ESPN & Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks at The Walt Disney Company

Education

BS Economics

Cornell University

Cornell is a privately endowed research university and a partner of the State University of New York. As the federal land-grant institution in New York State, they have a responsibility—unique within the Ivy League—to make contributions in all fields of knowledge in a manner that prioritizes public engagement to help improve the quality of life in our state, the nation, the world.

JD Law

St. John's University - School of Law

Celebrating over 80 years of excellence in legal education, St. John’s School of Law has produced lawyers who have distinguished themselves in practice, government, and the judiciary. Among our graduates are former New York governors Mario M. Cuomo and Hugh L. Carey, former Court of Appeals Judges Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick and Theodore T. Jones, and the School’s former Dean and former Court of Appeals Judge Joseph W. Bellacosa. The law school plays a prominent role in the New York City legal community, imbuing all that it does with the University’s Vincentian tradition.

Career History

President of ESPN & Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks

Current

The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Co. is a diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise. It operates through the following segments: Media Networks, Parks, Experiences and Products, Studio Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI). The Media Networks segment includes cable and broadcast television networks, television production and distribution operations, domestic television stations, radio networks and stations. The Parks, Experiences and Products segment owns and operates the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida; the Disneyland Resort in California; Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Hawaii; the Disney Vacation Club; the Disney Cruise Line; and Adventures by Disney. The Studio Entertainment segment produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures, direct-to-video content, musical recordings and live stage plays. This segment distributes films primarily under the Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Touchstone banners. The DTCI segment licenses the company's trade names, characters and visual and literary properties to various manufacturers, game developers, publishers and retailers throughout the world. It also develops and publishes games, primarily for mobile platforms, and books, magazines and comic books. This segment also distributes branded merchandise directly through retail, online and wholesale businesses. The Walt Disney was founded by Walter Elias Disney on October 16, 1923 and is headquartered in Burbank, CA.

Co-Chairman

2018 - Current

The Walt Disney Co. /Media Networks

President

2018 - Current

ESPN.com

ESPN.com, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Co., is an American company located in Bristol, CT, that operates cable and satellite sports television channel.

Boards & Committees

Director

2011 - Prior

Interactive Advertising Bureau

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is comprised of more than 600 leading media and technology companies that are responsible for selling 86% of online advertising in the United States. Founded in 1996, the IAB is headquartered in New York City with a Public Policy office in Washington, D.C.

Other Affiliations

James Pitaro is affiliated with The Walt Disney Company, The Walt Disney Co. /Media Networks, ESPN.com, ESPN, Inc., Disney Online International, Disney Interactive, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Launch Media, Inc., Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, Interactive Advertising Bureau

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