Mark Stroman, Early Fox Network Employee and Advertising Executive, Dies at 58
26.02.2022 - 07:51
/ variety.com
Wilson Chapman editorMark Gage Stroman, the entertainment advertising strategist who was an early hire at the fledging Fox Broadcasting Co., died Feb. 22 due to complications from COVID. He was 58.Stroman, who most recently served as chief marketing officer of Spin Media, had a long career in advertising and marketing.
After beginning his career at KOFY-TV in San Francisco, where he was born and raised, Stroman was hired as one of the original 35 employees for the Fox Broadcasting Co. team when Rupert Murdoch boldly launched the nation’s fourth broadcast network in 1986.During his 16-year tenure at Fox and News Corp, Stroman worked with major national brands such as Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch, Polaroid, Levi’s, Sprint and Visa to create promotions for the company.
He also played a major part in launching ad campaigns for several Fox shows such as “Family Guy,” “Married… with Children,” “America’s Most Wanted,” “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Melrose Place” and “The X-Files,” and spearheaded the “Nobody Better Lay a Finger On My Butterfinger!” campaign for “The Simpsons.” Stromon was later promoted to senior vice president of national promotions at News Corp; in this role he designed and developed the integrated media and marketing group News Corp One. Stroman would later found the marketing division of the talent agency Endeavor, along with his twin brother Erik Stroman.
During his time at Endeavor, Mark Stroman worked with several large clients Maserati, the CW, Jet Blue, UPN, Hallmark Channel, Activision-Blizzard, 20th Century Fox and Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions. He and his brother would later leave Endeavor to form their own company Entertainment Marketing Partners, where he executive produced multiple Fox New
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