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Chris McCarthy, President of VH1 and Logo, Will Now Also Head Up MTV

He succeeds Sean Atkins at the network

By Jason Lynch

October 24, 2016

Hours after Sean Atkins announced his departure as president of MTV, Viacom has named his replacement: Chris McCarthy, who already serves as president of two other Viacom networks, VH1 and Logo.

Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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