# Peter Liguori
> Board member, VideoAmp at videoamp
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- Last updated: 2026-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
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- Also known as: Pete Liguori
## Summary
Peter Liguori is a longtime media executive who served as CEO of VideoAmp from July 2025 until January 6, 2026, when president Tony Fagan succeeded him; Liguori remains on the VideoAmp board. His earlier career spans CEO of Tribune Media (2013-2017), COO of Discovery Communications, chairman of entertainment at Fox, and CEO of FX Networks.

## Profile facts

- Current title: Board member, VideoAmp
- Current company: videoamp (https://thestateofstreaming.com/companies/videoamp/)


## Career trajectory

- 1998-01-01 — President and CEO, FX Networks (News Corporation) at fx-networks. Oversaw FX and Fox Movie Channel; elevated to CEO in 2001. Greenlit edgy original series ('The Shield,' 'Nip/Tuck,' 'Rescue Me') that established FX as a creative force.
- 2005-01-01 — Chairman of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting at fox. Moved up from FX to oversee entertainment programming for the Fox broadcast network.
- 2009-01-01 — Chief Operating Officer, Discovery Communications at discovery
- 2013-01-17 — President and CEO, Tribune Company / Tribune Media at tribune-media. Appointed by Tribune's board upon the company's emergence from bankruptcy. Led the spinoff of its newspaper division (Tronc) and the broadcast/entertainment-focused restructuring.
- 2017-03-31 — Departed Tribune Media at tribune-media. Exited at the end of March 2017 after his contract was not renewed; the company began strategic-review discussions that ultimately led to a 2017 sale agreement with Sinclair (later abandoned).
- 2023-01-01 — Executive Chairman, VideoAmp at videoamp. Stepped into a hands-on chairman role after several years on the board; led the January 2024 restructuring that reduced headcount by roughly 20%.
- 2025-07-17 — Chief Executive Officer, VideoAmp at videoamp. Formal CEO appointment following nearly two years operating as executive chairman.
- 2026-01-06 — Board member, VideoAmp (stepped down as CEO) at videoamp. Tony Fagan, previously president, succeeded Liguori as CEO; Liguori remains on the board.

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## Key facts

- Stepped down as VideoAmp CEO effective January 5, 2026; Tony Fagan, previously president, assumed the CEO role on January 6, 2026. Liguori remains a member of the VideoAmp board. — VideoAmp / BusinessWire: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251228603547/en/VideoAmp-Appoints-Tony-Fagan-as-CEO-to-Lead-Next-Phase-of-AI-Driven-Growth
- Named CEO of VideoAmp in July 2025 after serving as executive chairman from 2023, when he took a hands-on role during a restructuring that cut roughly 20% of the company's workforce. — Deadline: https://deadline.com/2025/07/media-vet-peter-liguori-appointed-ceo-of-videoamp-ad-tech-1236460453/
- Joined the VideoAmp board as the company's first independent director several years before becoming executive chairman, per founder Ross McCray's 2024 letter. — VideoAmp: https://videoamp.com/blog/a-letter-from-our-founder/
- Served as president and CEO of Tribune Media from January 2013 through March 2017, joining after Tribune's exit from a four-year bankruptcy reorganization and overseeing the spinoff of its newspaper business into Tronc. — Variety: https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tribune-media-peter-liguori-1201969099/
- Built FX Networks' original-programming identity with shows including 'The Shield,' 'Nip/Tuck,' and 'Rescue Me' during his tenure as president and CEO of FX Networks from 1998 to 2005. — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Liguori


## Related

- videoamp (Board member; former CEO (July 2025 - January 2026) and former executive chairman (2023 - July 2025)) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/companies/videoamp/
- tony fagan (Successor as VideoAmp CEO (January 6, 2026)) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/people/tony-fagan/


## External coverage

- 2025-12-29 — VideoAmp / BusinessWire: VideoAmp Appoints Tony Fagan as CEO to Lead Next Phase of AI-Driven Growth (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251228603547/en/VideoAmp-Appoints-Tony-Fagan-as-CEO-to-Lead-Next-Phase-of-AI-Driven-Growth)
- 2025-07-17 — Variety: Peter Liguori Named CEO of VideoAmp (https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/peter-liguori-ceo-viideoamp-1236463245/)
- 2024-01-01 — Deadline: Peter Liguori Takes Reins of VideoAmp as Executive Chairman Amid 20% Workforce Reduction (https://deadline.com/2024/01/media-peter-liguori-ad-tech-firm-videoamp-layoffs-1235695460/)
- 2017-03-01 — Variety: Peter Liguori to Exit as CEO of Tribune Media (https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tribune-media-peter-liguori-1201969099/)
- 2013-01-17 — Deadline: Tribune Taps Peter Liguori To Be CEO, Eddy Hartenstein To Run LA Times (https://deadline.com/2013/01/tribune-peter-liguori-eddy-hartenstein-406955/)
- 2024-01-01 — VideoAmp: A Letter From Our Founder (https://videoamp.com/blog/a-letter-from-our-founder/)

## Profile
A career programmer turned operator. Liguori's public arc moves from FX's original-series boom of the early 2000s to running Fox's broadcast entertainment slate, to the COO seat at Discovery, to the post-bankruptcy reset of Tribune Media. The VideoAmp chapter is the second act: parachuting in as executive chairman in 2023, taking the CEO title in mid-2025 to formalize what he had been doing operationally, then handing the seat to president Tony Fagan in January 2026 while staying on the board. The throughline across all of it is restructurings during inflection moments — Tribune out of bankruptcy in 2013, VideoAmp through its 2024 cost-out and currency-certification push.

## Tags

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- currency
- executive
- board-member
- tv-veteran

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