20th Century Fox Communications Officer Chris Petrikin to Leave Post
Chris Petrikin, longtime chief communications officer for 20th Century Fox, has announced his departure from the film studio at the end of 2016.
Petrikin plans to form a yet-to-be named strategic communications and crisis management consultancy. He will continue working with Fox, which will be a client of his firm.
“For the last decade, my Fox colleagues have been a second family to me,” he said. “I will miss working alongside all of these incredibly talented people, with whom I have had the pleasure of sharing a front row seat to witness groundbreaking filmmaking and a transformation of the industry.”
Until the end of the year, Petrikin will continue working in his current role. He will also assist 20th Century Fox Chairman and CEO Stacey Snider in the transition.
“Chris’s impact at Fox over so many years is almost impossible to measure,” Snider said. “He has guided our communications strategies across all of the areas of our business. His position requires coalition building, focus and the ability to be calm in a storm. We wish him all the best in his new endeavor and expect to be clients and beneficiaries of his tremendous experience in the future.”
Petrikin’s new venture will focus on corporate brand development, crisis communications, and strategic positioning for entertainment, media, technology, and philanthropic clients. “With the media and technology industries evolving at such a rapid pace, it’s an exciting time to venture out on my own to help clients protect their brands, define themselves and get their messages out,” he said.
Petrikin joined Fox in 2007 from the William Morris Agency to oversee corporate communications, media relations, trade advertising, awards campaigns, special events and charitable activities. He joined William Morris in 2002 after working as a reporter and editor for several publications, including Variety, Daily Variety, Inside.com and Inside Magazine.
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