News - 27/08/2014

Gracenote names John Batter as new CEO

Gracenote names John Batter as new CEO


Gracenote today announced a management re-shuffle by naming John Batter as the new CEO and executive vice president of Tribune Media Company.

Batter was the CEO of M-GO, a digital movie and TV streaming service that saw the involvement of both DreamWorks Animation and Technicolor. He will now report to the President and CEO of Tribune Media Company, Peter Liguori.

Tribune acquired Gracenote in February 2014 and is now seeing the company as “…the backbone for many of the most important TV and music products and service today”, Batter explains. He goes on to say that “As more devices and entertainment services become connected and personalized to users, the importance of Gracenote’s metadata is becoming clear. This is a unique opportunity to join the talented team at Gracenote to drive the evolution of data and technologies into new services and features for our customers around the world.”

As for the founding team of Gracenote, they will continue to play an important role in the company. Ty Roberts is taking the role of Chief Strategy Officer (moving on from his role as CTO) while Steve Scherf will become Chief Technology Officer.

Gracenote was a major acquisition for Tribune and the appointment of Batter represents a first step towards ensuring that this is an investment that pays off in the long term.

The company started out as a music metadata specialist but the opportunity afforded by second screen experiences and real-time data delivery in the TV space are clearly a key part of its future.


(Andrea Leonelli)

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