Acorn Media U.S. Names President, CFO

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Mark Stevens, most recently senior vice president at AARP Services, was named president of Acorn Media U.S., succeeding John Lorenz, who was named vice chairman.

Stevens will oversee the company's North American home video distribution.


The Silver Spring, Md.-based company has been taking root, growing 33% from 2006 to 2007 with projected global sales of $80 million.

Bruce Belliveau, a veteran of Dean Witter and Prudential Bach, among other financial postings, is also joining Acorn to keep track of all those sales as chief financial officer.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.