Covington & Burling LLP operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide, with the practice in England and Wales conducted by an affiliated
limited liability multinational partnership, Covington & Burling LLP, which is formed under the laws of the State of Delaware in the United States
and authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority with registration number 77071..
Stephen Weiswasser provides legal and strategic assistance to companies in the rapidly changing media, telecommunications and new media industries. From July 1999 to January 2001, Stephen also served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.
Prior to joining Covington, Stephen was President and Chief Executive Officer of Americast, a joint venture of SBC Communications, Ameritech, BellSouth, GTE, Southern New England Telephone and The Walt Disney Company, which he served from its inception in November 1995 until March 1998.
From January 1986 to November 1995 Stephen served as Senior Vice President of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. In addition to being a Senior Vice President of the Company, Stephen was President of the Capital Cities/ABC Multimedia Group, a position he held from August 1993 to November 1995. In that position, Stephen was responsible for centralizing and expanding the Company's activities in new and emerging technologies. From October 1991 to January 1993, Stephen served as Executive Vice President of ABC News. Prior to that, from January 1991, he served as Executive Vice President of the ABC Television Network Group, with broad policy and day-to-day responsibilities for the operations of the ABC Television Network. Stephen served as General Counsel of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., a position that he held from January 1986 to January 1991.
Stephen joined Capital Cities/ABC from the Washington, DC law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, with which he had been associated since 1967. He was a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering from 1974 until he joined Capital Cities/ABC in 1986. He had previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable David L. Bazelon, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Stephen serves on the Boards of Directors of, among others, The National Cathedral School and The Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. He is a past President of the International Radio and Television Society Foundation.
Stephen lives in Washington, DC. He is married to Andrea Timko and has four children: Jonathan, Gayle, Anne and Emily.
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