Time Magazine Hires Majordomo Media’s Dave O’Connor to Head Studios Group
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Dave O’Connor is exiting production company Majordomo Media to take over the reins of Time Studios as president.
O’Connor will report to Time CEO Jessica Sibley, who announced his hiring in a memo to staff Monday. O’Connor takes over the Time Studios role from Ian Orefice, who left the company this year to lead Jeff Zucker’s RedBird IMI-backed content studio EverWonder.
At Majordomo Media, he was a co-founder and co-CEO alongside David Chang, founder of the famed Momofuku restaurant group. The company has produced series including “Chef Vs.
Wild” and “Secret Chef” for Hulu; “Ugly Delicious” for Netflix; and podcasts “The Dave Chang Show” and “Recipe Club” with Spotify’s The Ringer. “With a proven track record of crafting business models to sustain profits and fuel growth, Dave also brings a deep creative background to Time Studios, with over two decades of experience as a showrunner, executive producer and director,” Sibley wrote in the memo, noting that he has created and overseen nonfiction film and TV projects platforms including ABC, Hulu, Netflix and YouTube.
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