Jethro Nededog

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Longtime leisure reporter and editor Jethro Nededog is leaping the fence to work in public relations. Nededog has joined the Lippin Group as a vp on the company communications crew.

The announcement was made Thursday by newly-installed managing administrators Matt Biscuiti, Kevin Broderick and Katie Fuchs. Based in L.A., Nededog joins Biscuiti and Broderick on the company crew and he’ll work intently with executives on the agency’s workplaces in L.A., New York and London (together with Jim Benson who serves as president of company communications for the West Coast) on a consumer roster that spans TV, promoting and expertise. Nededog may also lend assist and experience to the corporate’s consulting follow, TLG Connect.

”From the day I met Jethro, he impressed me together with his data of the leisure and media worlds and his distinctive talent set as a author and strategic thinker,” provided Lippin Group chairman Dick Lippin.

Nededog is well-known in Hollywood and leisure media circles for an extended tenure masking the tv enterprise. Most not too long ago, he served as co-executive editor at commerce publication TheWrap, the place he additionally held the roles of managing editor for enterprise information and TV Editor.

Previously, he served as senior information editor at Entertainment Weekly and as leisure editor at Insider. His resume additionally consists of stints masking TV for Business Insider, The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times. the New York University graduate, who earned a masters diploma in writing from USC, has additionally produced TV documentaries for National Geographic Channel, Discovery, History Channel and E! Entertainment.

“After years of working with the Lippin Group as an entertainment journalist, I’m so pleased to join them in this new chapter in my career,” Nededog stated in an announcement. “I look forward to lending my insights and experience from journalism to serve Lippin’s clients in getting their stories told and learning new skills from the company’s many talented communications pros along the way.”

News of Nededog’s new gig comes on the heels of Lippin Group’s announcement that the agency had overhauled its government ranks by establishing the workplace of the chairman comprised of senior leaders Buscuiti, Broderick and Fuchs.