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HUB President and CEO Steps Down
HUB总裁兼首席执行官将要离任
2014-6-12
In some sad news today the HUB's founding CEO and President is stepping down. Margaret Loesch, who has been with the fledgling network since it's creation back in 2010, has not had her contract renewed for a variety of reasons you can find in the articles below.
这是一条坏消息：HUB的创始总裁兼首席执行官，玛格丽特•勒施（Margaret Loesch），将会离职。早在2010年HUB刚创建时，她便效力于这家初生的电视网公司，而现在她未与HUB续签合同。其原因众多，你可以在下面这篇文章中读到。
The company has not yet announced future plans concerned the network or a new Pres/CEO, but hopefully we will hear soon. Check the link below for the full article about the departure as well as info on the HUB in general.
HUB公司尚未宣布关于公司本身或者新任总裁和首席执行官的未来计划，不过我们有希望在不久之后得知消息。关于这次离职的完整消息以及HUB公司的概述信息参见下面的链接。
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（以下是EQD链接指向的第1篇文章的翻译。这篇文章源自美国媒体界的知名网站Deadline。原文地址http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/hub-president-ceo-margaret-loesch-to-exit/）
HUB President & CEO Margaret Loesch To Exit
HUB总裁兼首席执行官玛格丽特•勒施将会离职
EXCLUSIVE: Hub Network president and CEO Margaret Loesch will be stepping down at the end of the year. The veteran executive oversaw the 2010 launch of the kids cable network, a joint venture between Discovery Communications and toymaker Hasbro, and has run it ever since. Loesch’s departure raises further questions about the future of the upstart kids cable network, which has been plagued by rumors that it may be shutting down. Hub, which replaced Discovery Kids, is not commenting on its plans for the future, though I’m hearing the name of a Discovery veteran — Tom Cosgrove, CEO of another Discovery co-venture channel, 3D Television Network — as a potential replacement. There is talk that Hub, which reaches nearly 73 million U.S. homes, may be re-branded, with its headquarters, currently based in Burbank, potentially moving to Discovery’s home base in Silver Spring, MD.
独家新闻：Hub电视网的总裁兼首席执行官，玛格丽特•勒施，将在今年年底离任。2010年，在这位老练的经理的监督下，Hub作为面向儿童的有线电视网——同时也是探索传播公司和孩之宝玩具公司的合资企业——得以组建，并一直运营至今。勒施的离职使人们更加质疑这个骤然兴起的电视网的未来走向，而这一项目也早已饱受关停谣言的困扰。作为探索儿童频道的取代者，目前Hub还没有对未来计划做出评论。不过，我打听到了一个探索公司资深人员的名字——汤姆•科斯格罗夫（Tom Cosgrove），其人担任探索公司的另一个合作频道“3D电视网”的首席执行官，而他是Hub职位空缺的潜在继任者。有传言称，在美国家庭用户数目达到近73万的现状下，Hub可能更换商标名称，其目前位于伯班克的总部也有可能移动到马里兰州银泉市的探索传播公司的大本营。
“After five years at the Hub Network as its founding President & CEO, I am announcing that I will be leaving at the end of the year when my contract expires,” Loesch said in a statement to Deadline. “I am very proud of the work we have done and the accomplishments we have achieved at the Hub. The network is now in excellent financial shape, its ratings are up year-to-year, our programming has won more than 30 awards, including 12 Daytime Emmys, and the Hub Network has become a TV home for quality programming that kids and their families come together to enjoy. I will be working closely with our parent companies, Discovery and Hasbro, to assist in the leadership transition. I want to thank both companies for the opportunity they extended me and thank my wonderful team at the Hub. I have loved my job and am proud of the achievements we’ve made. While my career has spanned over four decades, I look forward to evaluating future opportunities and writing the next chapter.”
“在担任Hub电视网的创始总裁兼首席执行官整整五年后，我宣布将在今年年底合同到期时离任。”勒施在致Deadline网站的声明中说道，“我为我们在Hub所做的工作和所取得的成就感到非常自豪。Hub目前的财政状况良好，收视率和去年相比有所增长，我们的节目已经赢得了30多个奖项，其中包括12个日间时段艾美奖，Hub也已经成为孩子和他们的家人共同欣赏的优质电视节目的家园。我将与我们的母公司——探索频道和孩之宝——紧密合作，以协助领导职位过渡。我要感谢这两家公司为我提供的机会，还要感谢我在Hub的优秀团队。我一如既往地热爱我的工作，并为我们已取得的成就感到自豪。虽然我的职业生涯已跨越了四十年，我仍期待着把握未来机会、再创新的篇章。”
Last fall, Hub marked an eighth consecutive quarter of ratings growth, and it has been inching up in the ratings year-vs-year. Yet, the network draws a fraction of the audience of Disney Channel and Nickelodeon and is still behind Nicktoons. In May, it averaged 114,000 viewers in total day, flat with its delivery in the first quarter of this year. Several shows have done well, like My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic, Transformers Prime Beast Hunters and The Aquabats!, with My Little Pony in particular credited with boosting merchandising sales for Hasbro. The toymaker also has stated that the network has started turning a profit, after running losses of $6 million-$7 million a year for the previous couple of year. Still, the Hub is a big investment for Hasbro, which shelled out $300 million for 50% of the network and has pumped an additional $200 million into its Hasbro Studios, which produces a large portion of the network’s programming.
截至去年秋天，Hub已实现连续八个季度的收视率增长，收视率与去年同期相比也有所增长。然而，Hub吸引的是迪斯尼和尼克罗顿的一小部份观众，且仍然落后于尼克罗顿旗下的尼克卡通频道。今年5月份，Hub每日平均有114,000位观众，与其在今年第一季度的日放映量持平。它的几个节目都相当优秀，例如，《我的小马驹：友谊是魔法》、《变形金刚：领袖之证》第三季以及The Aquabats！，尤其是《我的小马驹：友谊是魔法》，它对孩之宝玩具商品销售增长做出了重大贡献。这一玩具厂商也表示，Hub电视网已经开始盈利，而之前数年它每年都要亏损600至700万美元。尽管如此，对孩之宝而言Hub仍是一笔巨额投资：它付出3亿美元购买了Hub的50％的股权，还向Hub的孩之宝专属工作室额外注入2亿美元。Hub相当多节目都由这一工作室制作。
Hub has been trying to gain ground in a crowded marketplace while kids advertizing has been steadily declining. To offset that, the network expanded into family-oriented programming, branding itself as “the only network dedicated to providing kids and families entertainment they can watch together.” It has been airing movies in primetime and earlier this week, Hub announced that it would run popular 1990s teen comedy series Blossom.
Hub一直试图在激烈竞争的市场中扩大影响力，但儿童广告的业绩不断下滑。为了抵消这一影响，Hub扩展了业务范围——面向家庭的电视节目，将其品牌塑造为“致力于提供孩子和家人能够共赏的娱乐节目的唯一电视网”。Hub在黄金时段放映电影已有一段时间，而在本周早些时候它还宣布将播映风靡1990年代的青少年喜剧连续剧Blossom。
Another Discovery joint venture which replaced a Discovery cable network, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, went through serious growing pains until finding success with Tyler Perry series. And recently, Discovery rebranded its Military Channel as American Heroes.
取代了探索公司自己的有线电视网的另一个合资项目OWN，也即奥普拉•温弗瑞电视网，在发展过程中也遭遇过严重的挫折，直到旗下泰勒•派瑞系列的大获成功。而近日，探索公司把其军事频道更名为“美国英雄”。
During her four decades in the kids programming business, Loesch has overseen the development or production of such hits as Smurfs, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, X-Men, Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies, Animaniacs, Transformers and Bear in the Big Blue House. She was the first President and CEO of Crown Media United States, responsible for the creation of its Hallmark Channel; and President of Television, Worldwide, of the Jim Henson Group. Loesch was the founding President and CEO of Fox Kids Network, Worldwide. Prior to that she was President and CEO of Marvel Comics’ film production arm, Marvel Prods., and EVP of Hanna-Barbera Prods.
在她40年的儿童节目生涯中，勒施监制了许多成功作品的研发或制作，诸如《蓝精灵》、《恐龙战队》、《X战警》、《吉姆•汉森的布偶娃娃》、《狂欢三宝》、《变形金刚》和《大熊贝儿蓝色的家》。她是美国皇冠媒体的首任总裁兼首席执行官，负责创建了贺曼频道；此外还是吉姆•汉森集团的电视节目全球总裁。勒施是福克斯儿童电视网的全球创始总裁兼首席执行官。在此之前，她是漫威漫画的电影制作组漫威动画的总裁兼首席执行官，以及汉纳-巴伯拉动画公司的执行副总裁。
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（以下是EQD链接指向的第2篇文章的翻译，刊登于好莱坞行业期刊《综艺》（Variety）。原文地址http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/margaret-loesch-to-exit-as-hub-network-chief-1201219053/。两篇文章有部分信息是重复的。）
Margaret Loesch to Exit as Hub Network Chief
Hub电视网的主管玛格丽特•勒施离职
Margaret Loesch will step down as prexy-CEO of Hub Network at year’s end when her contract expires.
Hub电视网的委任首席执行官玛格丽特•勒施将在年底合同到期时离任。
The kidvid vet spearheaded the launch of the joint venture between Discovery Communications and toy maker Hasbro in October 2010. The cabler, formerly Discovery Kids, has had an uphill climb in its effort to compete ratings-wise with entrenched rivals Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. Advertising dollars in the kids TV arena have also been dwindling as marketers react to the fact that younger viewers spend so much more of their time on digital platforms.
在2010年10月，这位儿童节目界的资深制作人领导创立了Hub，这家探索传播与孩之宝玩具的合资公司。该有线电视公司的前身是探索儿童频道，它为了在收视率上与迪士尼、尼克罗顿和卡通网络等稳固的竞争对手相抗衡而一直艰难地努力着。市场人员也在不断削减儿童电视领域的广告支出，这是由于他们发现小观众们花在数字平台上的时间远比电视要多，。
But at its core the Hub joint venture is profitable for its partners, thanks to the combination of affiliate fees, advertising and the impact that the exposure for programming tied to Hasbro brands has on retail sales. (Three words: My Little Pony.)
然而，本质上Hub对它的合作伙伴而言是有利可图的，这归功于许多因素的结合，包括会员费、广告收益，以及与孩之宝品牌相捆绑的节目对其销售业的有利影响。（其实就是《我的小马驹》。）
“I am very proud of the work we have done and the accomplishments we have achieved at the Hub. The network is now in excellent financial shape, its ratings are up year-to-year, our programming has won more than 30 awards, including 12 Daytime Emmys, and the Hub Network has become a TV home for quality programming that kids and their families come together to enjoy,” Loesch said in a statement. “I have loved my job and am proud of the achievements we’ve made. While my career has spanned over four decades, I look forward to evaluating future opportunities and writing the next chapter.”
“我为我们在Hub所做的工作和所取得的成就感到非常自豪。Hub目前的财政状况良好，收视率和去年相比有所增长，我们的节目已经赢得了30多个奖项，其中包括12个日间时段艾美奖，Hub也已经成为孩子和他们的家人共同欣赏的优质电视节目的家园。”勒施在一份声明中说道，“我一如既往地热爱我的工作，并为我们已取得的成就感到自豪。虽然我的职业生涯已跨越了四十年，我仍期待着把握未来机会、再创新的篇章。”
Loesch is highly regarded by Discovery execs and her decision to step down was reached by mutual agreement. Another factor that may have influenced her move is the fact that the exec endured serious injuries, including a broken collarbone, a few months ago in an accident.
勒施受到探索频道管理层的高度重视，她的离职决定也是基于双方协定而做出的。她离任的另一个可能的影响因素是：她在几个月前的一次事故中深受重伤，至少包含锁骨骨折。
“Margaret is a terrific executive and a terrific leader,” Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav said. “She has done a superb job at the Hub and we are sorry to see her go. We’re confident in the team that is there now and we know that this platform has its best days ahead.”
“玛格丽特是一位了不起的主管和了不起的领导，”探索传播公司的首席执行官戴维•扎斯拉夫（David Zaslav）说道，“她为Hub做出了卓越的贡献，我们为她的离职感到惋惜。我们对现有团队信心十足，并且确信这个平台前程似锦。”
There’s no word yet on a successor, as Discovery intends to mount a search with Loesch’s assistance.
目前尚无继任者的消息，探索公司打算在勒施的协助下研究合适人选。
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