Barnes & Noble Names Michael Huseby CEO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) announced that it has appointed Michael Huseby as its Chief Executive Officer.

Immediately, in his role, Huseby will be responsible for all of the Company's business units including Barnes & Noble Retail, Barnes & Noble College and NOOK Media. He will report to the Board of Directors and has been elected to serve on the Board. Mitchell Klipper, CEO of the Retail Group, which includes Barnes & Noble.com, and Max Roberts, CEO of Barnes & Noble College, will report to Huseby, as will the NOOK device and content unit. Huseby joined Barnes & Noble as Chief Financial Officer in March, 2012, and was promoted to President in July, 2013.

Huseby joined Barnes & Noble as Chief Financial Officer in March, 2012, and led the Company's financial organization until his appointment as President in July, 2013. Prior to joining Barnes & Noble, he had a distinguished career in the media communications industry having served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cablevision Systems Corporation from 2004 until June, 2011. He also served on Cablevision's Board of Directors in 2000-2001.

Huseby also served in leadership positions at Charter Communications, Inc., as well as AT&T Broadband, a provider of cable television services that was sold to Comcast Corporation in 2002. In addition, Huseby spent 23 years at Arthur Andersen as a Global Equity Partner.