Current TV Names Nelson SVP, Communications

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Laura Nelson has been named SVP, communications for Current TV, responsible for corporate communications, internal communications and publicity for the channel.

Nelson comes to Current from communications consultant, The Gilbride Group, representing NBCU and the UN Foundation, among others.

Nelson's resume includes public affairs and communications posts at VH1, Oxygen, Comedy Central and Dan Klores Associates.

Current is in the process of remaking and rebranding itself as a political news and analysis net.

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.