Tom Rogers is Editor-at-Large, Newsweek, and CEO of TRget Media, a media investment and consulting firm. He was the First President of NBC Cable, founding CNBC and then establishing MSNBC. As CEO of TiVo, he pioneered the era of streaming to the TV. Mr. Rogers is a digital media/traditional media/media technology executive who has shaped many corners of the communications industry. From revolutionizing business and news coverage through the creation of CNBC and MSNBC; to changing the face of TV consumption through TiVo, including such impactful innovations as brining Netflix and Amazon into the streaming TV era; to overseeing such iconic media brands from New York Magazine to the Arts & Entertainment and History channels; to writing many of the nation’s key laws that governed the development of today’s media industry. From print to television to digital to gaming, Mr. Rogers’ influence has been felt throughout all media sectors. His career has operated at the nexus of media, digital transformation, technology, and public policy for more than three decades. Mr. Rogers until recently was Executive Chairman of both Engine Gaming and Media, Inc, (a Nasdaq listed company trading under the symbol GAME), and also of Gamesquare, Inc. which merged with Engine Gaming and now trades as GAME on NASDAQ. Engine Gaming was, and Gamesquare is, comprised of several gaming and media solutions businesses. As Editor-at-Large of Newsweek, Mr. Rogers provides political commentary on MSNBC. Prior to his most recent roles, Mr. Rogers has been:
• Longest serving President and CEO of TiVo, Inc.
• As President of NBC Cable, as well as NBC’s Chief Strategist and Executive Vice President, he founded CNBC. He also founded the NBC/Microsoft channel and internet venture, MSNBC. He had responsibility for overseeing various cable channels included A&E Television Networks, The History Channel, American Movie Classics, Bravo, Court TV, National Geographic Channel, and several regional sports channels.
• Chairman and CEO of Primedia, Inc., owner of New York Magazine and many additional media properties.
• Senior Counsel to the House of Representatives Telecommunications Subcommittee when he drafted the Cable Act of 1984 among a number of other communications laws.
He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia Law School, where he is a long-time member of the Columbia Law Dean’s Council, and the joint Columbia Law School/Business School Richman Center. Mr. Rogers has been inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame, the Cable Hall of Fame, and has received Emmy Awards for his contributions to the development of advanced television.
