Who is Arick Wierson?

Arick Wierson (born: Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1971) is an American-born television and media executive living in the United States. At present, Wierson works for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, running all of the media and entertainment assets for the City of New York. [1] He is the General Manager of NYC TV and the President and CEO of NYC Media Group and its related companies which include WNYE-TV and WNYE-FM, NYC TV Original Productions, and Skyscraper Syndication. Wierson is also a Deputy Commissioner in the City of New York in the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT). Wierson has led NYC TV to 68 Emmy nominations and 21 Emmys awards. Personally, he has been recognized as an Emmy nominee on 14 different occasions, and in 2007, Wierson won two New York Emmy awards for his role as Executive Producer of "Secrets of New York".

Wierson, along with co-founder Seth Unger, launched NYC TV in 2003. [2] The network has been recognized as an innovator and pioneer in both local and public broadcasting across the United States and internationally.

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