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CASBAA Horror Show: Marcopoto meets Palin
Playing a disturbingly realistic Joker, Steve Marcopoto, president and MD of Turner Broadcasting in Asia, awarded Sarah Palin look-alike Christine Fellowes, MD of Comcast, with first prize for frightening costume at the CASBAA ball last night.
A good time was had by all (Apart from the Sarah Palin’s moose, who got shot on stage.)
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Steve Marcopoto
As the Hong Kong-based president and managing director of TBS Asia-Pacific, Steve Marcopoto oversees all programming, network development, advertising and distribution sales, marketing and promotion for Turner Broadcasting and its networks and internet services, including the CNN news group, Cartoon Network, Pogo, Boomerang, TCM, and CETV in the Asia Pacific region
His CV includes serving as President, Time Inc Asia (1995); Publisher, Time Asia (1993); Managing director, Fortune Asia (1992); Managing director, Seavex (1986).
Mr. Marcopoto earned a BA from Seton Hall University and arrived in Asia in 1981. He has served as chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, where he is now an Ex-Officio Governor. He has also served as Chairman of the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) and as a board member of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA). He is on the Board of Governors of the American Club in Hong Kong.
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
