John Halley is President of Paramount Advertising, overseeing the company’s domestic multiplatform sales efforts across its leading portfolio of broadcast, cable, digital, and streaming assets spanning CBS, Paramount+, Pluto TV, and a cable portfolio that includes MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon. Previously, Halley served as Chief Operating Officer of Advertising Revenue for Paramount, where he oversaw commercial and business operations for the advertising team as well as Paramount’s advertising product suite and go-to-market strategy across its digital, social, and advanced advertising offerings.
An advocate for innovation and progress across the industry, Halley is Chairman of OpenAP, and a board member of Blockgraph, the IAB, and the VAB. Halley has been honored as an Adweek 50 and Cablefax 100 recipient for his ongoing leadership in advertising.
He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an Economics degree from Santa Clara University.