Katherine Oliver, is an American media and entertainment executive based in New York City

New York City

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. She was appointed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg

Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...

 as the Commissioner of The New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting on August 1, 2002. In 2009 she added NYC media Group - the largest locally owned & operated media group in the US to her portfolio. She has been credited for turning around an agency that was considered to be among the most under-performing under for NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Oliver is the main liaison between the Mayor's Office and Hollywood. After Bloomberg announced that former President and co-founder of NYC Media Group Arick Wierson

Arick Wierson

Arick Wierson is an American-born media executive and entrepreneur. His has business interests that span television and film production, political consultancy, and a variety of business interests in the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and Africa...

 was returning to the private sector, Bloomberg named Oliver as the incoming President of NYC Media Group

NYC Media Group

NYC Media is the radio, television, and online media network of the City of New York. It oversees four public television channels, two public radio services, and an Internet video on demand service....

 and General Manager of NYCTV

NYCTV

NYC TV is a group of Government-access television broadcast and cable TV channels operated by NYC Media Group, a division of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications...

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Oliver now commands the largest media group in New York City, and coupled with her responsibilities as Film, Television and Broadway Commissioner.

Tax Credits for Film and Television Production

Oliver has been credited with pushing a series of tax incentives for filmmakers and television production in a bid to win back production jobs from California and Canada. "This business is coming here as a direct result of this [tax] program," Katherine Oliver, commissioner of the Mayor's Office for Film, Theater, and Broadcasting, told the New York Daily News."

Bloomberg L.P.

A former reporter and producer for CNBC, Oliver moved to Bloomberg, L.P. just as the financial giant was turning its focus to news and media content. Oliver eventually began running the news and content operation out of Bloomberg's London office where she commanded a team number 650. In 2002, after spending nearly a decade overseas, Oliver returned to New York to join her former boss in his new position as Mayor of the City of New York.

Personal life

Oliver is unmarried and lives in New York City. She is known by close friends as "K.O." - a nickname given to her by her former and current boss, Michael Bloomberg.