{"id":66397,"date":"2025-08-08T00:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T00:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/66397\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T00:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T00:54:08","slug":"versant-communications-team-adds-erin-calhoun-as-svp-steve-arocho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/66397\/","title":{"rendered":"Versant Communications Team Adds Erin Calhoun As SVP, Steve Arocho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFormer top Paramount TV communications executive <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/erin-calhoun\/\" id=\"auto-tag_erin-calhoun\" data-tag=\"erin-calhoun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Calhoun<\/a> has joined <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/versant\/\" id=\"auto-tag_versant\" data-tag=\"versant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Versant<\/a>, the spun-off company housing most of NBCUniversal\u2019s cable networks, as SVP of Entertainment, Sports Communications. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/steve-arocho\/\" id=\"auto-tag_steve-arocho\" data-tag=\"steve-arocho\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Arocho<\/a> has been hired as VP of Corporate Communications, rounding out the team led by Versant Chief Communications Officer Keith Cocozza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBased in Los Angeles, Calhoun will oversee communications and manage day-to-day press activities for Versant\u2019s portfolio of sports and entertainment brands, including USA Network, Oxygen, E!, SyFy, Golf Channel, GolfNow, Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes and Sports Engine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tShe spent seven years at Paramount Global, most recently as EVP of Communications for Paramount Streaming &amp; Paramount+ with Showtime and Cross-Company Publicity. Prior to that, she was EVP of Communications for Showtime and Paramount Television Studios. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThis marks a return to familiar territory for Calhoun who earlier in her career served as VP of Corporate Communications for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, working with USA Network and SyFy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tArocho will lead corporate social responsibility and digital communications for Versant. A 20-year communications veteran, he most recently worked at Major League Baseball across Social Responsibility, Community Affairs, Baseball &amp; Softball Development, Youth Engagement, and Multicultural Outreach. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAlong with Calhoun and Arocho, the rest of Cocozza\u2019s Versant communications team includes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLauren Skowronski, SVP of Global Communications for CNBC<br \/>Richard Hudock, SVP of Communications for MSNBC<br \/>Diana Rocco, VP of Internal Communications for Versant<br \/>Hollie Tracz, VP of Media Relations for Versant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former top Paramount TV communications executive Erin Calhoun has joined Versant, the spun-off company housing most of NBCUniversal\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,48554,48555,92,16352],"class_list":["post-66397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-erin-calhoun","tag-steve-arocho","tag-tv","tag-versant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}