Radha Subramanyam

Radha Subramanyam serves as President and Chief Research and Analytics Officer for CBS Corporation. She joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Research and Analytics Officer of the CBS Television Network in November 2017, and was promoted to her current role after 18 months. Subramanyam oversees all research and analytics operations for CBS, including audience measurement, analytics, market research, program testing, and advertising research. She has extensive strategic and operational experience in all areas of the industry, including broadcast, cable, and digital, as well as radio, music, and social media.

Most recently, Subramanyam served as President of Research, Insights and Data Analytics for iHeartMedia, where she developed and managed wide-ranging of efforts involving digital analytics, ratings and measurement, ad sales research, mobile measurement, programming analysis, music research, campaign measurement and marketing research.

Prior to joining iHeartMedia, Subramanyam held senior executive research roles at Yahoo!, MTV Networks, and Nielsen, where she was one of that company’s early leaders of new analytics and consulting practice. Radha is also a certified Six Sigma “Black Belt” who has overseen and trained teams on process excellence. Before beginning her career in the media industry, she taught media and entertainment at Vassar College and New York University.

Subramanyam serves on the board of directors of the International Radio & Television Society and the Advertising Research Foundation. She was named as one of Corinium’s Top 100 Innovators in Data and Analytics in 2018, a list highlighting business leaders, technologists and influencers who have accelerated the proliferation and understanding of data and analytics over the last 12 months. Subramanyam was also one of the power women in Variety’s 2019 Women’s Impact Report.

Subramanyam is a graduate of Northwestern University, with a Ph.D. in radio, television and film.