Robert Samala

Robert Samala is an Executive Producer with an award-winning portfolio that spans 20 years of experience within the broadcast and digital media space. He's served as an EP, Development Producer, and Showrunner/Supervising Producer for several docu-style episodic series for Discovery Networks (Travel Channel) and Scripps (DIY Network). 

After joining AOL Studios in 2009, Robert was instrumental in the creation, staffing and scaling of the organization in response to the rapidly evolving digital media landscape.

As Head of Studios, Robert oversaw operations that developed and executed programs ranging from daily, live, multi-studio broadcasts (Huffington Post Live, BUILD Studios, CES, TechCrunch Disrupt, Makers Conference, World Economic Forum, SXSW, etc), multi-million dollar Branded Content (Bank of America, State Farm, Delta, American Express, Unilever, Capital One), Emmy-award winning Originals (Park Bench with Steve Buscemi), and all Marketing and Comms support for Executive Teams, particularly during pivotal corporate mergers (Huffington Post acquisition, Verizon acquisition, Yahoo! Acquisition and merger into Oath).

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