#Byron Allen Adds Six New Board Members as Mogul Aims at Expansion

Byron Allen’s expanding Allen Media Group has added to its board.

The company has tapped six new board members, led by CFO Chris Malone, Janice Arouh, president, network distribution, who handles distribution strategy for Allen’s media portfolio, and Mark DeVitre, executive vp and general counsel.

Other new board members are Eric Gould, executive vp of finance and chief investment officer, Sydnie Karras, vp and chief accounting officer, and Andy Temple, COO, broadcast sales and syndication for Allen Media Group’s traditional TV and streaming assets.

The six new board members for Allen Media Group – earlier called Entertainment Studios since launching in 1993 — join three existing board of directors, founder, chairman and CEO Byron Allen, Carolyn Folks and COO Terence Hill.

Through his media and entertainment company, Allen owns ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX network affiliate broadcast TV stations, as well as 24-hour HD TV networks and various streaming platforms, like The Weather Channel, HBCU Go, Sports.TV. Comedy.TV and Local Now.

“For the past 30 years, I’ve been working with a small board of 3 directors, but now that Allen Media Group is much bigger as we’ve become highly acquisitive, I am excited to announce the addition of these 6 new board members,” Allen said in a statement.  

Allen Media Group could yet become even bigger after Byron Allen has renewed interest and offered $3.5 billion for the BET assets (including BET, BET+ and VH1) in a letter to Paramount Global executives, a source familiar with the matter confirmed.

“I am extremely proud of this board because it is diverse, and the people who make it up are simply the best because they know our business and the media space innately, which allows us to move quickly and efficiently in this rapidly changing landscape,” the billionaire media mogul added.