Biography
Peter Chernin entered the entertainment industry from the world of publishing, where he was a publicist at St. Martin's Press and an editor at Warner Books. He became an executive at the David Gerber Company, where he oversaw the production of over 100 hours of network TV. Chernin then moved to Showtime/The Movie Channel, where, during his tenure in the mid-1980s, he supervised the development of such original series programming as "Brothers", …
Career Milestones
1996 | Named as president and COO of News Corporation | |
| Appointed as president and COO of Fox Entertainment | ||
1989 | Became president, Fox Entertainment Group, of the Fox Broadcasting Company in February; also appointed executive vice president of the latter, parent organization | |
| Served as president and chief operating officer of Lorimar Film Entertainment | ||
| Worked as executive vice president, programming and marketing, for Showtime/The Movie Channel Inc. | ||
| Acted as vice president for development and production at the David Gerber Company | ||
| Served as an editor at Warner Books | ||
| Worked as associate publicity director of St Martin's Press | ||