| Peter Liguori | |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1960 |
| Birth Place: | The Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
Peter Liguori (born January 7, 1960) is an American business executive who most recently held the position of president and chief executive officer of Tribune Media; he departed the company at the end of March 2017.[1] He was appointed to the positions in January 2013, and is also a member of Tribune Media Company's board of directors.[2] During his tenure, the company acquired Local TV Holdings, LLC,[3] doubling the size of its local television station group, and Gracenote, combining it with Tribune Media Services to form one of the world's leading providers of entertainment metadata.[4]
Liguori was a member of Yahoo!'s board from 2012 to 2014.[5]
Before Tribune, Liguori served as chief operating officer of Discovery Communications.[6] [2] Before joining Discovery in 2009, Liguori served as chairman of entertainment for Fox, credited with helping the channel FX grow in prominence.[7] [8] Prior to assuming that position in 2005, Liguori was president and CEO of News Corporation's FX Networks since 1998, overseeing business and programming operations for FX and Fox Movie Channel.[2] [9]
Liguori joined Fox/Liberty Networks in 1996 as senior vice president of marketing, for a new joint venture, which now includes Fox Sports Net, FX, Fox Sports World, Speed, and National Geographic Channel.[10] Before joining Fox, Liguori was vice president, consumer marketing, at HBO.[11] He also held several positions in HBO's Home Video Division, including vice president, marketing, and senior vice president, marketing.[11] Before HBO, he worked in advertising at Ogilvy & Mather and Saatchi & Saatchi.[10]
Liguori produced the independent feature film Big Night.[12]
Liguori was elected to the board of trustees for the Paley Center for Media in October 2014.[13]
In 2013, Liguori left Discovery to become CEO of Tribune Media which owned 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable, Chicago's WGN-AM radio station, several news and information websites and about a third of the Food Network.[14]
In March 2017, Peter Liguori stepped down as CEO.[15]