Betty Susan Cohen was born on July 27,1956 and is an American businesswoman and media executive.
15 Facts About Betty Cohen
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Betty Cohen was involved in theater in high school and wrote her senior paper on the Children's Television Workshop.
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Betty Cohen attended Stanford University from 1973 to 1977, where she majored in communications.
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In 1977, Cohen began her career as a production manager for Public Media Center, an ad agency.
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Betty Cohen had been tasked with producing public service announcements, and soon came to realize that the "larger picture" was her strength rather than smaller details.
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In 1982, Betty Cohen joined the Cable Health Network as their first manager of marketing.
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From 1984 to 1988, Betty Cohen was director of on-air promotion and interstitial programming for Nickelodeon.
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In 1988, Betty Cohen joined Turner Broadcasting System, where she was appointed as TNT's general manager and director of marketing.
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Betty Cohen was promoted to senior vice president of TNT and tasked her with creating a channel to house Ted Turner's recently-purchased, extensive animation library.
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Betty Cohen thus founded The Cartoon Network, Inc on March 12,1992 and was its president until June 18,2001.
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Betty Cohen remained with parent company AOL-Time Warner until September 2002, to develop multiplatform services aimed at adolescents and young adults.
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From 2005 to 2007, Betty Cohen returned to Lifetime Entertainment Services and served as their CEO and president.
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Cohen is the founder and president of Betty Cohen Media Consulting since 2008, which offers companies advice on brand-building, cable-channel development, and multiplatform programming.
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Betty Cohen was ranked as one of Fortunes 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2000.
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Betty Cohen was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and received the Muse Award from NY Women in Film and TV.