CJ Kettler

CJ Kettler is an American media executive and entrepreneur. She has held senior management positions with Hearst, MTV Networks, Vestron, Oxygen Media, Channel One News, Travelzoo, LIME, and others.[1][2][3]

CJ Kettler
OccupationMedia Executive, Executive Producer, Board Director and Advisor
Years active1985–present

Kettler served as CEO and chair of Channel One News (2012–2014) and after selling it to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, she served as EVP, chief of consumer brands and strategy at HMH until May 2017.[4][5] As of December 2017, Kettler serves as the president of King Features Syndicate, a division of Hearst.[6]

Career

After completing Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Smith College, Kettler started her career at CBS in programming research, moving on to McCann Erickson and then MTV. At Vestron Video she managed the Children’s Video Library.[7]

After selling Sunbow Entertainment to Sony,[8] Kettler worked as president of sales and marketing at Oxygen Media.[9] In 2005, she founded the lifestyle brand LIME. Lime was sold to Gaiam in July 2007.[10][11]

From 2008 to 2013, Kettler was a partner at Propeller Partners. She served as president of Travelzoo, and also held positions at CBS, McCann-Erickson, Vestron, and MTV Networks. Kettler joined Channel Channel One News as CEO in November 2012.[12][13] And served as EVP, Chief of Consumer Brands & Strategy at HMH until May 2017.

In December 2017, she was named as the president of King Features Syndicate to focus on their new initiatives across multiple media platforms.[6]

Production credits

As a television producer, Kettler was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Program for Carmen Sandiego. She produced several animated series. She is currently executive producer of The Cuphead Show! For  Netflix. Her credits include:[14]

Television Series Episodes Year Role
The Tick 36 1994–1997 Executive Producer
My Little Pony Tales 26 1992–1993 Executive Producer
The Mask: Animated Series 55 1995–1998 Executive Producer
The Brothers Flub 26 1997–1998 Executive Producer
Littlest Pet Shop 40 1995 Executive Producer
Conan the Adventurer 65 1992 Executive Producer
Bucky O’Hare and the Toad Wars 13 1991 Executive Producer
My Little Pony n’ Friends 65 1986–1993 Executive Producer
Salty’s Lighthouse 13 1997–1998 Executive Producer
Cramp Twins 2001–2004 CoProduction Development
Fat Dog Mendoza 26 1998–2001 CoProduction Development
It’s Your Birthday with Rainbow Brite 1 1985 Executive Producer
Carmen Sandiego 2019 Executive Producer
The Cuphead Show! 2020 Executive Producer[15]

Appointments and awards

Kettler is on the board of directors at the Environmental Working Group.[16][17] In 2006, she received The Highest Leaf Award from the Women’s Venture Fund.[18] In 2018, she received Emmy nomination for Carmen Sandiego, Outstanding Children’s Program.[19]

References
  1. Hansell, Saul (2005-11-21). "Tapping a New Age Life on the Web, Cellphone and TV". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  2. "A Day in the Life: Lime's C.J. Kettler". Highbeam. Cable World. 2005-10-10. Archived from the original on 2017-08-29.
  3. "Amazon.com and Oxygen Media Team Up". The Write News. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  4. Kettler, C. J. (2016-03-15). "The 3 Things Millennial Parents are Looking for in Kids Products". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  5. "Where Books Fit in the World of Content". Digital Book World. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  6. "C.J. Kettler Named President Of King Features Syndicate, Will Focus On New Platforms". Deadline. 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  7. Times, Aljean Harmetz, Special To The New York (1985-09-30). "'KID VID' A GROWING MARKET". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  8. Katz, Richard; Katz, Richard (1998-04-28). "Sony Wonder brings Sunbow into the fold". Variety. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  9. "Oxygen Signs Key Sponsors". Multichannel Newsa. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  10. Prior, Kara Ohngren (2011-11-17). "Startup Aims to Leverage Crowdsourcing in Product Development". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  11. "C.J. Kettler". www.multichannel.com. Multichannel. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  12. Saviano, Eva. "Channel One taps CEO C.J. Kettler to boost digital presence". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  13. Pulliam-Moore, Charles. "Carmen Sandiego, the world's most iconic Latina super villain, is back". Fusion. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  14. "C.J. Kettler". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  15. "'Cuphead,' the excruciatingly difficult video game, is coming to Netflix as a TV show". Los Angeles Times. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  16. "Newsline". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  17. "C. J. Kettler".
  18. "Women's Venture Fund Honors Nine Unique Women for Serving as Business Mentors and Role Models". 15 June 2006.
  19. "CJ Kettler". Television Academy. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
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