Tuesday, August 16, 2016

NBC Announcement

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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About MSNBC 
MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political commentary and informed perspectives. Reaching more than 96 million households worldwide, MSNBC offers a full schedule of live news coverage, political opinions, award-winning documentary programming – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. MSNBC also delivers breaking news and information across a variety of platforms including www.msnbc.com and MSNBC on Sirius XM radio. The MSNBC App for iPhone, iPad and iTouch also provide a customizable user 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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