Today, The Hollywood Reporter (THR) announced the promotion of two accomplished leaders from within. Liz Culley has been elevated to Senior Vice President, Sales and Brand Strategy, and Debra Fink has been named Vice President, Entertainment and Special Projects. Both Culley and Fink are based in Los Angeles.

In her new role, Culley will add oversight of video, social and audio product development to her scope in addition to consumer sales and strategy. She will report to EVP, Publisher, Lori O’Connor.  

“Liz is a dynamo,” said O’Connor. “Her creativity and extensive experience across content, sales, and product equip her with a unique skill set to create and execute custom programs that bridge video and social platforms. She will be instrumental in driving THR’s digital-first growth and enhancing audience engagement.”

Culley’s career spans more than 15 years across the entertainment and media sectors. Before joining THR, she was the executive director of FYC and entertainment sales at Condé Nast, where she forged advertising and partnership strategies for major studios, capitalizing on Condé Nast’s prominent events such as The Met Gala, Vogue World and The New Yorker Festival. She is also credited with enhancing Vanity Fair’s FYC experiential offerings creating content that resonated with both audiences and advertisers, notably by bringing the awards podcast Little Gold Men to live audiences.  

She began her career as a producer and a journalist, creating bespoke digital-first series and concert series with top music and theatrical talent for media companies Myspace, Popsugar, San Francisco Chronicle, YouTube, the NBA and X Games. Prior to Condè Nast, Culley was a senior sales executive at Bustle Digital Group. During her career, Culley has led teams responsible for marketing, digital production, video, audio, and live streaming.  

A seasoned executive, Debra Fink’s augmented scope includes collaboration with marketing and sales to develop integrated partnerships across THR’s trade initiatives and other special projects in addition to her existing sales responsibilities.      

“Debra’s extensive industry knowledge and relationships are unparalleled,” said O’Connor.  “I’m thrilled to have Debra take on this challenge and cannot wait to see what she brings to the role.”    

With almost three decades in the business, Fink recently served as THR’s Managing Director, Entertainment and has been integral to THR since the re-launch in 2010. She is a strategic and savvy sales leader and brings a fresh perspective to help drive success for clients with new and innovative concepts across multiple platforms and branded content solutions.

Prior to THR, Debra was Executive Vice President at Screen International where she led the strategy, sales and implementation of Screen’s award season franchise building the business into a global success. During her time at Screen, she also led an international film industry mission to Beijing, hosted by the Chinese government to explore co-production.  

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