Maria Menounos Named New Co-Host of E! NEWS

Maria Menounos has been named co-anchor for "E! News," the worldwide, multi-platform leader in entertainment and pop culture news. In her expanded role, Menounos joins the show's current hosting team - Jason Kennedy, Terrence Jenkins and Catt Sadler - to cover the day's hottest pop culture stories for fans around the globe. Additionally "E! News" has added three new faces to their line-up: Zuri Hall, Erin Lim and Sibley Scoles. The three will appear regularly on "E! News Now" and "E! News," covering a wide variety of pop culture stories for the network. As previously announced, longtime co-anchor Giuliana Rancic will be transitioning out of her day-to-day role on "E! News" on August 10th, but will remain on the network with co-hosting duties on both "Live From The Red Carpet" and "Fashion Police."

"As an established entertainment and news journalist with strong Hollywood connections, Maria has proven herself to be a great fit with the 'E! News' team. And with their diverse backgrounds and wide ranging areas of expertise, Sibley, Erin and Zuri will be key additions to 'E! News,' which boasts the youngest and most affluent audience amongst all entertainment shows," said John Najarian, Executive Vice President, News and Digital, E!. "We are thrilled with 'E! News'' success as we continue to integrate the show more closely with the network's digital platforms and to create new ways of engaging with an evolving audience that consumes information and entertainment across multiple screens."

Over the past year, Menounos has successfully served as a fill-in co-anchor on "E! News" and has interviewed a wide-range of high-profile pop culture celebrities for the show including Chelsea Clinton, Jennifer Garner, Vin Diesel and more. Additionally she sat down with the casts of the highly-anticipated "Entourage" and "50 Shades of Grey" movies, and was chosen to co-host the "Fast and the Furious 7" Trailer Launch Event with Terrence Jenkins. Menounos also regularly appears on E! Online's daily roundtable series "Live From E!," which features a breakdown of the latest celebrity and pop culture news.

Zuri Hall is an Emmy winning TV personality. Hall joins E! following her work at MTV where she hosted the Aftershows for the hit reality game series, "The Challenge," as well as various specials including "#Promposal Mania," "Million Dollar Maze Runner," and "#StyleInTheCity." She also previously served as co-host for Fuse TV's "Trending 10." Hall is the CEO/Creator of the #AlphaBabe social movement & lifestyle brand as well as her popular Youtube channel for women, "HeyZuriHall."

Erin Lim previously served as host for E! NEWS Asia, Tech TV's "Storm Bytes," and Your Singapore's "Culture Shiok," and starred in the Singaporean sitcom "Rules of Tham." Before moving to Singapore, Erin was based out of Orange County where she hosted red carpet events for a myriad of award shows as well as reported and produced for the local Orange County news station, "TV Orange." Lim is also an accomplished filmmaker, having produced and directed a number of documentaries focused on social change including "On The Cape," "Tainted," "We're From Here," "In Her Boots," "Achieving Greatness" and "The Digital Era."

Most recently, Sibley Scoles was hired by P. Diddy to host REVOLT TV's flagship music television show "Revolt Live," where she interviewed some of the biggest names in music and covered high profile events such as the NBA All-Star Game and the Academy Awards. As a musician, Scoles has released a number of popular singles including the track "Donuts," which was licensed by fashion designer Stella McCartney for her first ever children's line, and "Rock That Party" which she recorded with DMC of the legendary music group Run DMC. She has also toured with Taio Cruz and has performed on the VANS Warped Tour alongside The Gym Class Heroes. Before coming to E!, Scoles co-hosted a hit radio show for iHeartRadio's Real 92.3 FM.

"E! News" is the top destination for breaking pop culture stories and entertainment news, airing in 160 countries around the world. Amongst all news entertainment programs, "E! News" boasts the youngest and most affluent viewership and ranks #1 with unique W18-34 versus its competitors while reaching more than 80MM people across all platforms on a monthly basis. "E! News" has contributed to overall network growth with E!, building +26% in 2Q'15 versus 2Q'14 among A18-49 (352K) in Primetime and ranking as a Top 20 cable entertainment network for the quarter. Additionally, E! continues its long streak of digital growth with comScore multiplatform uniques and internal page views seeing 10 consecutive quarters of YOY growth.

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