Dan Cohen has been elevated to ViacomCBS’ top distribution post as longtime CBS Corp. international sales chief Armando Nunez shifts to an advisory role.
Cohen will serve as president of ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, starting in June. Nunez has been chairman of ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group and chief content licensing officer since the integrated Viacom and CBS Corp. management team was assembled last fall.
The plan for Nunez to hand the reins to Cohen was worked out months ago, around the time that the leadership team for Viacom and CBS Corp. was settled. Nunez will remain on board as a consultant.
Cohen joined Paramount Pictures in 2017 as president of worldwide TV licensing. Before that he spent 20 years at Disney/ABC, rising to executive VP of pay television and digital sales for Home Entertainment and television distribution for Walt Disney Studios.
Nunez has been with CBS Corp. since 1999.
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(Pictured: Dan Cohen, Armando Nunez)
