Chris Berend
Chris Berend is Chief Content & Experience Officer at Hearst Magazines, a newly created role he took up on August 3, 2026, reporting to Debi Chirichella. He spent seven years at NBC News: he joined in 2019 as executive vice president of NBC News Digital, succeeding Nick Ascheim, and was later chief digital officer of NBCUniversal News Group before leaving in 2026. Before NBC he was senior vice president of global video at CNN, where he co-founded the video brand Great Big Story. Earlier he held digital roles at Bloomberg and ESPN, and he began his career as an editor at Esquire.
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Bio
Chris Berend is Chief Content & Experience Officer at Hearst Magazines, a newly created role he took up on August 3, 2026, reporting to Debi Chirichella. He spent seven years at NBC News: he joined in 2019 as executive vice president of NBC News Digital, succeeding Nick Ascheim, and was later chief digital officer of NBCUniversal News Group before leaving in 2026. Before NBC he was senior vice president of global video at CNN, where he co-founded the video brand Great Big Story. Earlier he held digital roles at Bloomberg and ESPN, and he began his career as an editor at Esquire.
Career
Chief Content & Experience Officer, Hearst MagazinesCurrent
Hearst · Since 2026
SVP, Global Video
CNN · Until 2019
Chief Digital Officer, NBCUniversal News Group
NBC News · Until 2026
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