Jennifer Kate Stitt Davidson (1969 – December 1, 2007) was an American businesswoman and Vice President of

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until her death in 2007.

Early life

Davidson was born in

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, Pennsylvania in 1969. She graduated from

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in 1991 with a

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in broadcast communications.

Career

Davidson was hired as an operations and production assistant by

in 1993 after the network was launched in 1992. She later served as director of on-air

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operations and production during Cartoon Network's early years. Her previous positions included the network's Vice President of marketing,

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, ad trade and strategic operations. She was involved in the creation of several Cartoon Network brands. Davidson helped create and launch Cartoon Network's

Adult Swim Adult Swim (stylized as

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and s is an American adult-oriented television programming block that airs on Cartoon Network which broadcasts during the evening, prime time, and Late-night television, late-night Dayparting, dayparts. T ...

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in September 2001. She was also executive producer of

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, Cartoon Network's classic spin-off channel. Davidson was promoted to Cartoon Network's Senior Vice President of

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and

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in September 2007, after over 14 years with the network. She held that position until her death on December 1, 2007. Davidson had received a number of industry and marketing awards during her time at Cartoon Network. Among her honors was a BDA Gold Award for total package design for her

of Boomerang in 2000. Most recently, Davidson was also chosen as a 2007–08 Betsy Magness Leadership Fellow.

Death

Jennifer Davidson died of a sudden illness on December 1, 2007, in

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, Georgia. She was 38 years old and had served as Cartoon Network's Senior Vice President of programming and scheduling for three months at the time of her death. She was survived by her husband, John, three children, and both parents.

References

External links

Multichannel News: Cartoon Network Executive Jennifer Davidson Dies, 38

Hollywood Reporter: Cartoon Net exec Davidson dies at 38

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