Lippin Group Adds Entertainment Journalist Jethro Nededog As VP

Jethro Nededog

The Lippin Group, a communications consultancy specializing in entertainment, media and technology, has added veteran entertainment journalist Jethro Nededog as vice president on its corporate communications team.

“From the day I met Jethro, he impressed me with his knowledge of the entertainment and media worlds and his exceptional skill set as a writer and strategic thinker,” said Dick Lippin, chairman.

Based in Los Angeles, Nededog joins Matt Biscuiti and Kevin Broderick on the corporate communications team. He will work closely with executives in Los Angeles, New York and London — including Jim Benson, president, corporate communications, West Coast — on clients spanning television, advertising and technology. He will also lend his expertise to the company’s consulting practice, TLG Connect.

Most recently, Nededog was co-executive editor at entertainment trade publication TheWrap, where he also held the roles of managing editor for business news and TV editor. Previously, he was the senior news editor at Entertainment Weekly and entertainment editor at Insider.

As a reporter, Nededog has covered the TV industry for Business Insider, The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times.

Nededog has also produced TV documentaries for National Geographic Channel, Discovery, History Channel and E! Entertainment.

He earned a B.A. in journalism from New York University and an M.A. in writing from the University of Southern California.