Urban One, Inc. announced the appointment of two key company executives. C. Kristopher Simpsonis the new Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and Tony Spinelliis the new Chief Information Officer. Simpson is a seasoned attorney who will oversee legal operations across Urban One's five divisions and will streamline their legal processes. Spinelli is a cyberspace technology veteran who will manage all aspects of the company's technology infrastructure. Simpson has been with Urban One for 12 years, most recently serving as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. Throughout his tenure with the company his responsibilities have included counsel to the board of directors, executive management and corporate finance/treasury teams on all governance, corporate finance, securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. In addition, he served as counsel on various acquisitions and divestitures across Urban One's divisions, managed its outside counsel and worked intimately with its investment advisors on various refinancing projects over the years. Tony Spinelli comes to Urban One after more than 25 years of advancing technology, digital transformation, and cyber security capabilities in the financial services industry. Most recently, he led Fractal Industries, a digital startup focused on delivering analytic insights and data science to solve complex technology challenges at scale and real-time through digital concepts and cloud-based delivery. Prior to this role, he served as Senior Vice President for Capital One Financial Corporation. During his tenure at Capital One, Spinelli supported the company's digital transformation and built the capabilities required to move its global enterprise to the cloud across technology divisions and platforms. Additionally, Spinelli has led strategic technology innovations and cyber security programs as an executive at several other leading Fortune 500 companies.
Urban One, Inc. is an urban-oriented, multi-media company. The Companyâs core business is its radio broadcasting franchise, which is a radio broadcasting operation that primarily targets African American and urban listeners. The Company operates through four segments: Radio Broadcasting, Cable Television, Reach Media, and Digital. The Radio Broadcasting segment consists of all broadcast results of operations. The Reach Media segment consists of the results of operations for the related activities and operations of its syndicated shows. The Digital segment includes the results of its online business, including the operations of Interactive One, as well as the digital components of its other segments. The Cable Television segment consists of the Companyâs cable television (TV) operation, including the results of operations of TV One and CLEO TV. The Company owns and/or operates over 66 independently formatted broadcast stations located in 13 African American markets in the United States.