Talk:Dawn Ostroff

She may be leaving The CW
"After almost a decade in Hollywood as the head of UPN and the CW, CW entertainment president Dawn Ostroff may be going back to New York. I hear Ostroff would be leaving the CW at the end of her contract in June to relocate to New York with her kids. While the decision is not final, sources indicate that Ostroff is leaning heavily in that direction and is expected to make it official."

The site where I read this doesn't allow links and I'm at home, so I make it a practice never to do web searches there. I'm sure all the other sites are fine, but there's always that one if I don't follow my policy strictly. Vchimpanzee ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 22:03, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

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Proposing new article revision
Hi - I represent Dawn Ostroff so I'm making a connected edit request. I'd like to restructure her article into different sections, to match other biographies of living people, and would also like to propose some additions to update the information. I also noticed that some of the links are dead, so I tried to find better replacements. My coding isn't good enough to break this into different piecemeal requests, so I'm putting the entire proposed revision into collapsed text below. Thanks in advance for your help. 98.14.76.14 (talk) 13:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi - I think you will have a better shot at success if, instead of posting your new draft in its entirety, you specify what you want to change — and why. I doubt other editors will take the time to ascertain this info on their own. WalksInWelcome (talk) 21:15, 8 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I'll take a look, but am going to have to enter your text and preview changes to see what you're requesting. It would have been easier for the volunteers if you had requested this piecemeal. TimTempleton (talk) (cont)  19:32, 18 April 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ I just went through and reviewed your edit requests, and made most of the changes. There was a lot to review, and I tried to highlight everything I did in a detailed edit summary. I noticed the early Fox and Michael Jacobs info wasn't properly sourced, so I found a better source. The Place Called Home charity link was dead, so I found a better link for that as well. I standardized the ref date formats, and removed the quotes from the ref names. Quotes are no longer needed if the ref name is a single string without any spaces. In the future, you'll definitely want to make minor requests to increase your chances of getting helped. TimTempleton (talk)  (cont)  01:07, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

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 * name              = Dawn Ostroff
 * image             = Dawn Ostroff wikipedia.jpg
 * image_size        = 300px
 * caption           = Ostroff in 2021
 * nationality       = American
 * education         = Florida International University
 * occupation        = Chief content officer and Advertising business officer, Spotify
 * spouse            = Mark Ostroff
 * birth_place       = Brooklyn, New York City, New York
 * children          = 4

Dawn Ostroff is an American businesswoman. She is the chief content officer and advertising business officer of Spotify, and the former president of entertainment of The CW and former president of Condé Nast Entertainment.

Early life and education
Ostroff was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1960. She had an early introduction to music, her father being a concert promoter who worked with Frank Sinatra. Ostroff holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida International University.

Career
Ostroff began her career in news as a reporter for WINZ, a CBS affiliate in Miami. She also worked in local news at WPLG and WTVJ in Miami. She later held senior positions at 20th Century Fox, Michael Jacobs Productions (Disney) and the Kushner-Locke Company.

Lifetime
From 1996 to 2002, she served as executive vice president of entertainment at Lifetime Television and led the network to become the #1-rated cable network in prime time.

UPN Network
From 2002 to 2006, Ostroff served as president of the UPN Network, a subsidiary of CBS, where she developed the popular reality series America’s Next Top Model, along with other programs including Veronica Mars and Everybody Hates Chris.

The CW
Beginning in 2006, Ostroff launched The CW broadcast network - a joint venture of CBS and Warner Bros. - and served as president of entertainment. Ostroff was in charge of programming, digital initiatives, branding, marketing, research and sales. As president, she developed several TV series, including Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diaries.

Condé Nast Entertainment
Ostroff and Condé Nast CEO Bob Sauerberg co-founded and launched Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE) in 2011, a studio and distribution network for film, television, premium digital video, social, and virtual reality. At CNE, Ostroff produced film projects including Only the Brave, adapted from a GQ feature; The First Monday in May; The Old Man & the Gun with Robert Redford as well as TV series including Last Chance U on Netflix and Vanity Fair Confidential on Investigation Discovery. Additionally, through its digital franchises, such as Vogue's “73 Questions” and WIRED's “Autocomplete Interview,” CNE made 5,000 videos, garnering more than 11 billion views in 2017.

Spotify
Ostroff joined Spotify in August 2018 as Chief Content Officer. She leads all aspects of content and distribution operations, including global advertising, global original content, content marketing, industry and creator relationships, and licensing.

During Ostroff's time as Chief Content Officer, she focused on expanding the music streaming service into other forms of audio, primarily podcasts. She signed Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground Productions to produce a slate of exclusive podcasts for Spotify. She also negotiated exclusive podcast deals with Kim Kardashian West, Joe Rogan, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. She is also responsible for overseeing the acquisitions for digital media company and podcast network Gimlet Media, the podcast creation tool Anchor, digital media firm Parcast and Bill Simmons's The Ringer.

Ostroff helped Spotify increase the number of podcasts from 185,000 to 3 million, as of January 2022, and in 2020, the company's stock more than doubled.

Board memberships
Ostroff serves on the board of New York University College of Arts & Science. In June 2020, Activision Blizzard appointed her to its board as an independent director. She has also served on the Board of Directors for Westfield Corporation and on the City Year LA board. Ostroff is also one of the listed directors for the Tom Brady-backed digital NFT company Autograph and is on the Board of Trustees for the Paley Center for Media. She also served on the board of American entertainment company Anonymous Content.

Awards and recognition

 * Hollywood Reporter 2021 Women in Entertainment Power 100 (2021)
 * New York Women in Communications Matrix Award(2021)
 * Billboard Power List (2020)
 * Rolling Stone The Future 25 (2019)
 * New York Women in Film & Television MUSE Award (2014)
 * AdAge Women to Watch (2012)

Personal life
Ostroff resides in New York City with her husband Mark Ostroff and their four children.

Ostroff has devoted herself over the years to work with several organizations such as A Place Called Home, which helps children in South Central Los Angeles, the Independent School Alliance, and the American Jewish Committee.