Bob Davis

Bob Davis

Over the course of his career, Bob Davis has been a broadcast and cable TV producer and executive, a corporate communications and public relations executive, and an independent television writer/producer/executive producer. Among his many credits, Mr. Davis was the creator of more than 90 weekly hours of original programming for the launch of the cable network CNBC, creator of the original syndicated Asia Business News, one of the two creators of the Live at Five News program for WNBC-TV, New York and one of the developers of the Disney syndicated Today’s Business program.

Mr. Davis is currently a principal in the communications and marketing firm Soury Communications, and the communications and TV production company Immediate Media, Inc. in New York City. Immediately prior to that he was a partner in charge of communications, public relations and marketing for the New York-based media private equity firm, InterMedia Partners. Working directly with Managing Partner, Leo Hindery, Mr. Davis drafted, edited and placed OpEds on environmental, economic, trade and media issues.

Mr. Davis was Executive Vice President, Communications of the YES Network, (TV home of the NY Yankees,) responsible for public relations, advertising, marketing and lobbying (in Albany and Trenton) immediately prior to joining InterMedia Partners. Before joining YES, Mr. Davis was Senior Vice President of Rubenstein Associates where he represented a variety of public affairs, public relations and crisis management clients. Prior to that, Mr. Davis was a partner in The Riverside Group, advising cable TV start-ups and local TV news operations, media coaching and writing and producing TV programs. Clients included The Pet Network and the Corporation for Entertainment and Learning (CEL), where he wrote and produced half-hour programs using the existing CEL news archive.

Before starting The Riverside Group, Mr. Davis was VP and Executive Producer of CNBC, where from its inception he was responsible for the conception, development, production, staffing and budgeting of all programming. From 1980-1984, Mr. Davis was Assistant News Director and then News Director of WNBC-TV, New York and prior to that Mr. Davis was Executive Producer of New York’s WABC-TV News, Documentary Producer, Writer and Editor.

Mr. Davis is a graduate of Hunter College in New York City and is married to a television writer/producer.