Stuart Snyder
Title: President and COO, Turner Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media

Stuart Snyder is president and chief operating officer of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s (TBS, Inc.) Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media (AYAKM) division.  In this capacity, he is responsible for assets including the cable television networks Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Adult Swim; the digital businesses Cartoonnetwork.com, Adultswim.com and Cartoon Network Video; and two animation production facilities, Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank and Williams Street Studios in Atlanta.  Additionally, Snyder works closely with Turner Broadcasting System International on programming strategies for Cartoon Network Asia Pacific, Cartoon Network Europe, Cartoon Network Latin America & Caribbean and Cartoon Network Japan.  Promoted from executive vice president/COO in January 2008, Snyder expanded his role to include executive responsibility for consumer products, domestic advertising sales & marketing of those properties, and overseeing staffs based in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.  Snyder is based in Atlanta and reports to Phil Kent, chairman and CEO of TBS, Inc.

Previously, Snyder served as senior vice president and general manager of GameTap, a Turner Broadcasting broadband entertainment network offering subscribers access to more than 900 arcade and console games, as well as original programming, interviews with gaming figures and game trailers.  Snyder returned to Turner Broadcasting in 2005 from CINAR Corporation, an animation, live-action and education production/distribution company based in Montreal that he led as president and CEO.  He co-founded Turnstile Entertainment, a New York-based company that creates and produces family entertainment programming featuring popular brands.  Snyder was president and COO of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., the television and sports entertainment franchise; and president of USA Home Entertainment, where he oversaw the marketing and release of the critically acclaimed film Being John Malkovich and was part of the management team that green-lit the Academy Award®-winning film Traffic.

Earlier in his career, Snyder was president and COO of Feld Entertainment, the world’s largest producer of live family entertainment, featuring Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and Disney on Ice.  He also led Turner Broadcasting’s home entertainment division as executive vice president and general manager, Domestic Home Video and Non-Theatrical Services, for Turner Home Entertainment (T.H.E.), which during his tenure distributed The Beatles Anthology Series, The Swan Princess, Ken Burns’ Baseball and Gettysburg.  Snyder began his professional entertainment career at MGM/UA as head of the Non-Theatrical Division and later moved to its Home Entertainment Division.

Snyder graduated from Binghamton University with a bachelor’s of science degree in accounting/marketing management.  He currently serves as a National Trustee of the Boys & Girls Club of America and on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta History Center.  

Cartoon Network (CartoonNetwork.com), currently seen in more than 99 million U.S. homes and 166 countries around the world, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s ad-supported cable service now available in HD offering the best in original, acquired and classic entertainment for kids and families.  Nightly from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET, PT), Cartoon Network shares its channel space with Adult Swim, a late-night destination showcasing original and acquired animation and live-action programming for young adults 18-34.