Melcher brings 25 years of talent expertise to VERSANT’s portfolio of leading entertainment networks
NEW YORK – October 9, 2025 – VERSANT today announced the appointment of Liz Melcher as Vice President, Talent Strategy for Entertainment, where she will oversee all talent management, recruitment, and development initiatives across the company’s entertainment businesses.
Melcher will lead efforts to strengthen talent relations, identify and develop on-air voices, and advance VERSANT’s broader recruitment strategy. A seasoned industry executive, she will play a central role in aligning business and talent initiatives to drive creative excellence and business success across the Entertainment portfolio.
Melcher joins VERSANT from Warner Bros. Discovery, where she most recently served as the Group Vice President of Talent Management and Strategy for the US Networks, overseeing on-air talent across ID, Discovery, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, TNT, TBS, OWN and Cartoon Network. Prior to her tenure at WBD, Melcher served as an independent casting director with Powell Melcher Casting and began her career in the casting department of The Greenblatt Janollari Studio in Los Angeles.
Her appointment underscores VERSANT’s continued investment in talent strategy, following the appointment of Jessica Kurdali as Senior Vice President of Talent Strategy, Charisse Williams Larado as Vice President, Talent Strategy for Sports, and a string of recent successes, including the “Live from E!: Emmys” red carpet special, the continued ratings momentum around season one of USA Network’s “The Rainmaker” and the launch of new series such as Oxygen’s “The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher” and USA’s “Everything on the Menu with Braun Strowman.”
About VERSANT
VERSANT, Comcast Corporation’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) planned spin-off, will be a leading independent publicly traded media company comprised of most of NBCUniversal’s cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed in early 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.
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