Louise H. Bryson
President, Distribution
Lifetime Networks
General Manager
Lifetime Movie Network
Louise Henry Bryson serves as general manager of Lifetime Movie Network and president of distribution, representing the Hearst-Argyle Stations Group in retransmission negotiations and Lifetime TV in all contract negotiations with satellite and cable companies.
Ms. Bryson previously served as senior vice president of affiliate sales and marketing at FX Networks. She was responsible for distribution of Fox Inc.'s new cable television channels and represented the Fox-owned and affiliated stations in retransmission negotiation with all cable television companies in the United States. FX Network launched in June 1994 with the largest distribution in cable history at that time.
She began in public television as a writer and producer and received numerous awards, including an Emmy from the Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Ms. Bryson currently serves as vice chair on the board of trustees for the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles and director for the Investment Company of America. In addition, she serves on the board of councilors for the Annenberg School of Communication. She is a former chairman of KCET, the local PBS station in Los Angeles, and a former member of the PBS National Board, which honored her with the 1998 Award for Excellence in Public Television Leadership.
Ms. Bryson holds an MBA and an MAT from Stanford University. She is a graduate of the Stanford Broadcast Institute and received her BA from the University of Washington. She resides in San Marino, California, with her husband, John Bryson, and their four daughters.
