- Lucy Hood
Lucy Hood is an American business woman, and until
October 10 ,2007 , CEO ofJamba! , themobile phone industry’s largest vertically integrated mobileentertainment company.Hood gained a B.A. degree in English and Theatre from
Yale University , and holds anM.B.A. fromColumbia University ’s Graduate School of Business. Hood started her career atNews Corporation in the mid 1990s, rising through the groups publishing arm ofHarperCollins , latterly as senior VP, entertainment publishing; before taking the newly created post of senior VP and general manager of "TV Guide " in June 1999. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_199906/ai_n18373680 TV Guide taps Hood. | Broadcasting & Cable | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ]Hood then became a key executive in launching technology businesses at News Corporation including Fox Pay Television,
Fox.com , FX Cable and News Corp Content Group. Hood became president of Fox Mobile Entertainment which she founded in 2005. During this time Hood created many industry firsts, including leading theNorth American groundbreaking mobile services for "American Idol ", which introduced text messaging to the mass population in the United States. Hood also received the first and onlyEmmy nomination for mobile content with the mobile video series "," and led the team that created the program format of video “mobisodes,” short-form3G mobile content; and the first ad-sponsored mobile video.Hood was appointed CEO of Jamba! in September, 2006 after spearheading News Corporation’s efforts to acquire a controlling interest from
VeriSign . Hood resigned from both Jamba and News Corp on October 10, 2007 "wishing to pursue new entrepreneurial ventures." [ [http://mashable.com/2007/10/10/jamba-ceo-resigns News Corp’s Jamba Loses CEO] October 10, 2007] [ [http://www.ceoworld.biz/?p=57 Jamba CEO Lucy Hood Resigns] ceoworld.biz - October 10, 2007]Hood was nominated as “Visionary of the Year” for the Digital Entertainment & Media Excellence Awards. She is a member of the
GSM ,CTIA andNatpe boards, as well as a member of theAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences . Hood lives inLos Angeles with her husband and two children, a daughter and a son. [ [http://www.foxbusiness.com/latest-news/article/jamba-ceo-hood-resigns_310381_0.html Jamba CEO Lucy Hood Resigns] October 10, 2007]References
External links
* [http://www.ceoworld.biz/?p=58 Lucy Hood's Executive Bio] on ceoworld.biz
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSWNAS599720071010 News Corp-VeriSign venture Jamba says CEO resigns] on Reuters
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