NBCUniversal's Cameron Blanchard is moving to Conde Nast as EVP of corporate communications, starting Dec. 7.She takes over for Patricia Rockenwagner, who is moving to parent Advance Publications to head communications for its investment unit, AV Partners.
Blanchard is senior VP of corporate communications for NBCUniversal and earlier held top PR roles for NBCU's entertainment & digital networks, women & liefstyle networks, and Bravo Media operations. She has been NBC since 1996, starting out in PR for MSNBC.
Rockenwagner took the top Conde Nast post in 2013, joining from McGraw-Hill.
CN president Bob Sauerberg, announcing Blanchard's appointment, noted: "Communication is central to everything we do as we transform Condé Nast to the premier media company of the future."
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