Kupsky to leave Turner Broadcast

Turner Broadcasting Systems’ EMEA chief Jeff Kupsky is leaving the company.

Kupsky, who re-located to London to set up a regional development office for Turner in 1997 and became EMEA president since 2007, will leave within the next few weeks. His decision to quit is believed to have been taken before the appointment last month of former RTL Group CEO Gerhard Zeiler as president of Turner Broadcast System International.

Turner Broadcast Systems chairman Phil Kent said there had been no channel, acquisition or progression of Turner’s business in the EMEA region that Kupsky had not been directly involved with and he was leaving “with our gratitude and respect”.