EMILY PASSER
NAMED
Director, NBC
News & MSNBC Digital Communications
NEW YORK – July 29, 2016 – NBC News
and MSNBC today announced the appointment of Emily Passer to the position of Director
of Digital Communications. She will be based in New York and report to Mark
Kornblau, starting August 1.
Passer will be responsible for managing all public
relations, promotional and communications strategies for News’ digital
properties, including NBCNews.com, Today.com, BreakingNews.com, MSNBC.com and
other various digital applications. She will serve as the primary liaison for
digital leaders across NBC News and MSNBC.
Since 2013, Passer has served as Director of Communications at
Quartz, a subsidiary of Atlantic Media, where she handled all media relations and
public relations initiatives for its staff and events.
Previously, Passer worked at the Financial Times as a Communications Executive. She coordinated content promotion, media relations and internal communications initiatives for the Americas. Prior to her role at the Financial Times, Passer held communications positions at Fleishman Hillard and the Asia Society.
Passer received her Bachelor of Arts degree in international
relations from Columbia University in New York, NY. She is a native of Leawood,
Kansas.
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experience with live streaming, clips of select MSNBC programming, and
additional show content. MSNBC is part of the NBCUniversal News Group, a
division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast Corporation.
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