(Photo: Elnur/Shutterstock.comThe Weather Channel's Top Lawyer Follows Former CEO to Nielsen
The Weather Co.'s former chief executive David Kenny joined Nielsen as CEO in December 2018. This month, the Weather Channel's top lawyer, George Callard, will join Nielsen as CLO.
January 04, 2019 at 03:18 PM
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A new chief legal officer for Nielsen Holdings has blown in from the Weather Channel, the data measurement company announced in a press release Friday.
George Callard will start as Nielsen's CLO on Jan. 22. He's not the only new executive at Nielsen with background at The Weather Co., the former owner of The Weather Channel.
The company's chief executive officer, David Kenny, joined Nielsen on Dec. 3, 2018. Kenny previously served as chairman and chief executive of The Weather Co. and moved to IBM after it acquired The Weather Co.'s product and technology business, according to an 8-K filed by Nielsen in November 2018.
“Nielsen's role as the trusted, independent source of truth that underpins markets around the world makes this a unique and powerful opportunity. I'm thrilled to join this team at this time of great evolution,” Callard said in a press release.
Callard will replace Eric Dale, who resigned from the company Wednesday to “pursue an external opportunity” but will stay on for a transition period ending Feb. 1, according to an 8-K filed Friday.
Callard is currently president of The Weather Channel television network, where he oversees legal, finance, tax, human resources and government affairs, according to the company's website. He joined The Weather Channel in 2011 as senior vice president of legal and business affairs and provided legal guidance for The Weather Channel's internal content distribution team.
Prior to his time at The Weather Channel, Callard was vice president of legal and business affairs at NBC Universal, where he oversaw legal matters related to network content delivery and distribution. Callard also served as senior counsel at AT&T Inc. and law firm Cinnamon Mueller and as associate counsel for Multimedia Cablevision.
Callard earned his J.D. at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
“George's experience, keen legal mind and thoughtful approach make him a terrific addition to our company at this time,” Kenny said.
A 10-K filed by Nielsen in September 2018 shows the company faced two putative stockholder class action suits that allege it provided “false and materially misleading statements relating to the outlook of our Buy segment, our preparedness for changes in global data privacy laws and our reliance on third-party data.”
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