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EXCLUSIVE: Doug Herzog, who ran networks including MTV and Comedy Central, is to explore the glory days and crazy world of cable TV in a new podcast series. Herzog, who spent the better part of four decades at Viacom, has teamed up with TV critic Jen Chaney and SiriusXM in Basic!. The series, which is produced in…

In an internal memo, Doug Herzog announced his January 12 departure as Viacom’s Music and Entertainment Group president. In a nostalgia-filled, highlights-reel portion of the email, Herzog lists some of the biggest shows and franchises launched while he was at the company in his multiple tours of duty, including The Da…

UPDATED: With the CBS-Viacom merger plans abandoned and President and CEO of Viacom International Media Networks Robert Bakish named CEO of Viacom, we have the first major executive shakeup at the underperforming Viacom TV networks. One of the company’s highest-ranked executives, veteran Doug Herzog, president of the…

UPDATE 9 AM Thursday, adding names of panelists and moderator below. EARLIER: If Bill Clinton was America’s first black president, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah quipped at an event Wednesday evening, Donald Trump might just be “our first African president.” Throughout a sizzle reel of Daily Show highlights, Trump…

There is another top executive change at MTV. I’ve learned that 28-year MTV veteran Tina Exarhos is leaving her post as EVP Marketing and Creative at the network. She will be succeeded by Joe Ortiz, SVP Strategy & Creative, MTV On-Air Promotions. Doug Herzog, President of Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, just…

In 1995, Doug Herzog, having risen through the ranks to president of MTV Productions, was named president of Comedy Central. He went on to launch programs that continue to define the network, including The Daily Show. Herzog has a special connection to Jon Stewart, who tomorrow is ending a 16-year run as host of The Da…

Referring, somewhat tongue in cheek, to Twitter as “a very particular dark place,” Viacom President Doug Herzog gave his perspective on the recent furor surrounding the announcement that departing-Daily Show host Jon Stewart would be replaced by South African comic Trevor Noah. Describing it more than once as “an…

There will be no replacement for departing MTV Networks Music & Logo Group Van Toffler. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman just announced a restructuring, with the company’s three largest TV networks groups — MTV Networks Music & Logo Group, Entertainment Group and Kids & Family Group — consolidated into two under…