Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation (see 'First Four Virgin Comics') have named Larry Lieberman as the companies' new Chief Marketing Officer.  In that position, he will run global licensing, strategic marketing, publishing and advertising sales divisions, and the companies' worldwide online and wireless content initiatives. 

 

Lieberman comes to Virgin from Forever Wild, a company he founded in 2002 to do event marketing, production, and sales promotions.  Prior to his time with Forever Wild, Lieberman had a long career in the entertainment business, including stints at Musicmaker.com, where he was president, global sales and marketing; Comedy Central, where as VP-strategic planning and new business development he launched global licensing ventures for South Park and launched ComedyCentral.com; Warner Music Group, where he was VP-marketing and artist relations; and MTV, where he was director of merchandise marketing.