Marc Kohn

Chief Content Officer at Overtime

Marc Kohn is the Chief Content Officer at Overtime. Marc was previously the Head of Programming and Strategy at Barstool Sports from February 2017 to March 2018. Prior to that, they were the Sr. Director of Video Programming and Live Events at Bleacher Report from July 2013 to February 2017.

At Bleacher Report, Kohn was one of the original video employees and helped build B/R Video into a successful digital brand. Marc led content development, sales pitches and packaging, video production, and oversaw a 60-employee operation. Marc was also the Executive Producer of B/R Studios (B/R's entertainment/mini-documentary department), live events, and social news video verticals.

Some of Kohn's most notable achievements at Bleacher Report include executive producing the Michael Vick Documentary and Paul George The Comeback series, which drove millions of impressions and was sold to Gatorade. Marc also created and collaborated with the Sales team on The Commitment series, which gave top high school athletes a unique way to commit to college. The series changed major college football recruiting while helping drive an exclusive social partnership with Notre Dame.

In March of 2016, Kohn launched the Live Event programming department with an emphasis on creating B/R owned and operated physical experiences as well as creating the millennial broadcast. Under their leadership, the department produced seven live events in 2016, highlighted by three high school football games in collaboration with Facebook.

Kohn has played a key role in negotiating partnerships with Facebook, NFLPA, Pro Football Focus, NCAA highlight rights, RSE Ventures and 247 Sports. Marc has also negotiated talent contracts with agents and worked with them to gain access to top athletes to create meaningful content.

Marc Kohn graduated with a BA in Television Broadcasting and Mass Media from the State University of New York College at Oswego.

Their manager is Dan Porter, CEO. They work with Ben Sosenko - Chief Communications Officer, Zachary Weiner - Co-Founder & President, and Sam Gordon - Editor In Chief. A direct report to Marc Kohn is and Josh Fendrick - Head of Content Operations.

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