Loeb Named EVP of Marvel Television

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Jeph Loeb, the Marvel comics
writer who brought a graphic-novel sensibility to the NBC series Heroes, has been named
executive VP of television, a new post atop a new division.

Marvel waspurchasedlast year by Disney.

Loeb will be responsible
for helping turn the brand into live action and animated series and
direct-to-DVD offerings.

Loeb's past TV credits have
also included The CW's Smallville and ABC's Lost. He was writer and co-executive producer on
Heroes.

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.