Cumulus Taps Cohn & Gilbert For New Roles
• Cumulus Media has named Doug Cohn and Bruce Gilbert to newly created positions across Music & Entertainment and Sports, respectively, to lead new content development across the company’s platforms, including broadcasting, podcasting, streaming, social media, digital, and live events. Cohn (left) has been named Senior Vice President, Music & Entertainment, Content and Audience, and Gilbert (right), is elevated to Senior Vice President Sports, Content and Audience.
Previously with ViacomCBS, the Emmy Award-winning Cohn served as Senior Vice President, Music & Talent for Nickelodeon, where he started and led Nickelodeon’s music division, produced live events, including the Kids’ Choice Awards, SlimeFest, and H.A.L.O. Awards. Cohn earlier spent more than a decade at Atlantic Records and VH1. Gilbert, a seven-year Cumulus veteran, has nearly four decades of industry experience with leading sports media companies including ESPN, FOX Sports, and CBS. He continues to direct all sports programming for Cumulus radio stations and Westwood One Sports.
Both Cohn and Gilbert report to Brian Philips, Cumulus EVP of Content and Audience, who remarked, “Today’s audio ecosystem provides us with infinite opportunities to break talent out of their traditional lanes and our consumers with the ability to access our products whenever they wish, on an ever-widening array of platforms. Cumulus is bursting at the seams with creative chops and the ambition to thrive in this exciting environment.” He added, “Doug has shown a Midas touch in understanding what the next generation will want, and Bruce has forged groundbreaking partnerships for years and will now have more runway to innovate — these two leaders possess the vision to produce a surge of remarkable new Cumulus content.” [Cohn photo: Bonnie Osborne]
