About

Akash Goyal is an Emmy Award-winning media executive with over twenty years of experience producing entertainment and news content for top-tier companies. He has a passion for storytelling and exploring new technologies to present content in innovative ways. Currently, Akash is the Vice President of Social Content Strategy at Comedy Central, where he leads the social content strategy for MTV Entertainment's slate of popular scripted and news shows, including The Daily Show, Yellowstone, Tosh.0, Broad City, and more. Prior to joining Comedy Central, Akash served as the Lead Producer of Interactive at New York television station WPIX-TV, where he oversaw all interactive operations and strategy. He developed digital launch strategies for CW hits Gossip Girl and America’s Next Top Model and achieved record traffic growth for wpix.com, with monthly averages up ~100% year-to-year. Akash also served as the Web Manager for The Village Voice, where he led web strategy and supervised all day-to-day department operations for the nation's largest alternative weekly newspaper. Under his leadership, the site traffic and revenue grew by over 50%. Akash holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology/Psychology from Tufts University and completed his high school education at Herricks High School. He has a strong tech stack in web technologies and has relevant experience of over 22 years in the media industry. Akash is a visionary leader who is always looking for new ways to innovate and captivate audiences with compelling content.