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Turner Media Group Names Mark Hill President; Former RadioShack Senior Executive to Lead TMG's Corporate Management and Strategic Planning

Posted on: Tuesday, 8 August 2006, 12:00 CDT

Turner Media Group (TMG), the leading provider of advanced, transactional media for television advertising, announced today it has named former RadioShack Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer Mark Hill as president of TMG. The announcement was made by Gary Turner, Chairman and CEO of TMG.

"In this new role, Mark will further develop the corporate management of TMG and will take the lead in implementing a comprehensive strategic planning and resource allocation process," said Turner. "We believe Mark's experience and expertise will further establish TMG as the pre-eminent player in interactive television media."

Hill brings to TMG a broad experience in corporate governance and senior management, including strategic development, product innovation and legal affairs. Hill served numerous roles after joining RadioShack in 1998: Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer, and General Counsel. He also served as President of RadioShack Canada and on the board of RadioShack de Mexico.

"Interactive TV is already at the forefront of new technology development and TMG is unequivocally the leader in iTV advertising," said Hill. "As Gary continues to provide the vision and strategy for TMG, I'm looking forward to working with Gary and his leadership team in helping to refine TMG's business processes and operational effectiveness. Together, I'm confident we can drive a new era of growth for TMG's general market, direct response, network and interactive TV advertising businesses."

Hill was also one of RadioShack's principal negotiators in connection with a number of acquisitions and strategic alliances between RadioShack and major corporations such as Cingular Wireless, Microsoft, RCA Thomson, Sirius Satellite Radio, DirecTV, and DISH Network. Prior to his career at RadioShack, Hill was a trial attorney in commercial litigation.

"With the addition this year of Mark Hill and our new president of ad sales Chris Kager, we are combining determined leadership with the already strong executive talent at TMG to position our company for future growth," Turner added.

About Turner Media Group

Turner Media Group is a full-service, turn-key provider of interactive TV advertising, direct response programming and transactional TV. TMG represents advertising media in various formats on eight of TMG's targeted transactional TV channels: The Men's Channel, Healthy Living Channel, Beauty & Fashion Channel, Resort and Residence, iDrive, Men's Outdoors and Recreation, America's Preview Channel and iShop TV. Comprised of two divisions, Turner Advertising Group and Turner Networks Group, TMG reaches an aggregate of more than 100 million homes nationwide through EchoStar's DISH Network satellite TV and major cable TV distributors Comcast, Time Warner and Cox on a market-by-market basis. TMG represents more than 6 million ad avails annually. TMG has offices in N.Y., L.A., Chicago, San Francisco, and Denver. Gary Turner Companies are not affiliated with Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. Visit www.turnermediagroup.com.

Source: Business Wire

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