Dara F. Altman
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Industry: Media and Publishing
Overview
On September 26, 2008, Dara F. Altman was appointed as our Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Ms. Altman, 50, has served as Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, of XM Satellite Radio since January 2006. Ms. Altman was Executive Vice President of Business Affairs for Discovery Communications, a nonfiction media company, from 1997 through 2005. Prior to joining Discovery Communications, Ms. Altman served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Reiss Media Enterprises from 1993 to 1997, which owned Request TV, a national pay-per-view service. Ms. Altman also served as counsel for Home Box Office and started her career as a lawyer at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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