STAT, the leading global media company focused on health and medicine, announced the appointment, effective today, of Seth Harris to the new role of senior vice president for growth & subscriptions. He will partner with editorial, consumer revenue, product, design, and engineering teams to lead the charge in leveraging STAT’s journalistic excellence to reach even more ambitious growth goals.
Harris joins STAT from CNBC, where he served for more than 11 years in key leadership roles, most recently as vice president of direct-to-consumer strategy and operations. Among his many accomplishments, Harris led CNBC’s premium subscription portfolio and oversaw continual record revenue and profit growth in four years. Last summer, he was recognized with CNBC’s “Live Ambitiously” award for 2025. The presenter of the honor said, “Seth brings creativity, initiative, and relentless focus on moving the organization forward.”
Harris has held many other positions in digital media over the last two decades, including at the Associated Press, where he focused on digital strategy and developing new products.
“Seth will be a tremendous leader at STAT as we set off on our second decade determined to take our enterprise to even greater heights,” said Rick Berke, STAT’s co-founder and executive editor. “He is joining us at an exciting — and opportune — moment. Our journalism is best in class, and the subscription, advertising, and events businesses are seeing encouraging growth across the board.”
Over the past year, STAT has led the way with award-winning coverage of the Trump administration’s changes in health care and medicine, with journalists who have deep sourcing and backgrounds on these issues.
“STAT has been a trailblazer in digital media, pushing the boundaries of health and medical journalism, and delivering outstanding, essential reporting to a growing audience,” said Linda Henry, CEO of Boston Globe Media. “We’re proud of STAT’s success and know that Seth will be a pivotal force for its next chapter.”
Harris will manage strategic and growth priorities, including identifying new initiatives, acquisition possibilities, market opportunities, and products to boost reader engagement and subscriptions.
“STAT has a prestigious newsroom and a highly valued engaged audience, which it has built and served for over 10 years,” Harris said. “I couldn’t be more excited to build on that foundation by expanding our subscriber base, driving innovation to deliver greater value to readers and further strengthening STAT as an essential journalism platform for those focused on health and life sciences.”
Join STAT at Breakthrough Summit East
Harris joins STAT the week of Breakthrough Summit East on March 19 in New York City. The summit will highlight leaders behind the biggest breakthroughs in biotech, pharma, and policy, and also reflect on how they are grappling with massive federal funding cuts, major government policy shifts, and growing public skepticism toward science and medicine.
