NBCU Names Ad Sales Chiefs

NEW YORK Michael Pilot, most recently president and CEO of the Equipment Finance Group, a unit of GE Commercial Finance, is the new NBC Universal president of ad sales, replacing Keith Turner, who is leaving the company. At the same time, Edward Swindler, evp of NBC Universal Television Group, was promoted to the newly created position of chief operating officer of the sales division.

The pair was named today as part of a number of executive changes and expansion of duties following the departure of Turner, as well as Randy Falco, president and COO of NBC Universal Television Group, and David Zaslav, president of NBCU cable and domestic television and new media distribution.