Miami-born Cesar Conde named chief of new NBCUniversal news division
Miami native Cesar Conde has been named chief of the newly-formed NBCUniversal News Group, part of a corporate reorganization at NBCUniversal announced Monday.
Conde had been chairman of Telemundo and the company’s international business.
Conde will now lead an expanded news division that combines all TV and streaming operations, according to reports published by the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Previously the news division was led by NBC News Chairman Andy Lack. He had been expected to leave at the end of this year, to be replaced by NBC News President Noah Oppenheim stepping up as his successor. But instead, NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell chose Conde to lead the new group.
The new division will put NBC News, MSNBC and financial news channel CNBC under the same roof.
Conde, 46, joined NBCUniversal in October 2013 as an executive vice president overseeing the company’s international and digital businesses, but he eventually segued into a role running Telemundo.
Before moving to NBCUniversal, Conde was president of Miami-based rival, Univision. Prior to Univision, Conde served as the White House Fellow for Secretary of State Colin L. Powell from 2002–2003.
Conde was born and raised in Miami and attended Belen Jesuit Preparatory High School. He holds a B.A. with honors from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
This report was supplemented by material from the Los Angeles Times.
This story was originally published May 4, 2020 at 5:39 PM.
