Karen Cahn

GM, Branded Entertainment

Favorite AOL site: Moviefone

Karen Cahn is GM for Branded Entertainment AOL. Karen's group is responsible for product strategy, sales and revenue management, and partner/talent management of AOL's premium slate of video programming.   Since joining AOL in March 2011, Karen's team has successfully brokered deals with Sprint, Samsung, Intel, P&G, and SONY, pairing brands with premium video content from producing partners and talent such as Heidi Klum, Queen Latifah, Mark Burnett, and Warren Buffet.  

Previously, Karen spent ten years at Google, where she held various leadership roles in search, video, and display advertising. Most recently, she ran Branded Entertainment for YouTube. Karen bridged the gap between brands and original content creators by developing and selling integrated marketing programs with the Google display sales team. She led the branded entertainment deals with ESPN, Scripps/The Food Network, Jimmy Kimmel, Electus, Endemol, Katalyst, Embassy Row, National Geographic and Shangri-LA for brands such as HP, Lexus, Pepsi, Burger King, AT&T, The North Face, Samsung and HTC. Prior to joining Google, Karen was a regional sales manager at Salon.com, where she developed strategic client and agency relationships in the New York and Boston markets. Previous to this, Karen was Northeast account executive for EPI Merchant Services, a division of Cendant.

Karen holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin. When she's not working, she can be found in the kitchen with her kids covered in cookie batter or doing something sporty like playing golf, yoga, tennis, or really any sport involving a ball and sometimes a bat.