How Maria Menounos is Building the “ESPN of TV Talk” with AfterBuzz TV

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When I first met Maria Menounos, I have to admit, I was quite star-struck. I mean, here was this glowing celebrity who I had seen on just about every channel and in every magazine, and I had so many questions for her. As we started talking, I was completely floored to learn that not only was she a host, an author, a podcaster, even a wrestler, but she was also the CEO and co-founder of a revolutionary new type of network, AfterBuzz TV, producing more than 150 hours of programming each week and developing the careers of hundreds of new hosts each year.

Growing up as the daughter of Greek immigrants who didn’t speak English, Maria quickly learned the value of hard work from the age when she could first pick up a broom to help with her family’s janitorial business.

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