Financial Executives International Launches Media Finance Section

Financial leaders in media and entertainment join FEI's cross-industry community
as MFM members become FEI Members today

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial Executives International (FEI) today opened its Media Finance Section, the association's first industry-specific section and the new home for the members, programming and peer networks of the Media Financial Management Association (MFM). The Section gives financial leaders in media and entertainment a permanent place inside one of the longest-standing communities of senior-level corporate financial executives, and it gives that community a direct line into an industry that is rewriting how subscription, advertising, and content revenue is earned, valued and reported.

MFM members voted to approve the merger on July 15, 2026, following due diligence and board endorsement by both organizations. MFM, founded in 1961 and serving approximately 1,200 business and financial executives across broadcast, cable, publishing, streaming and digital media, now operates as FEI's Media Finance Section.

"Media and entertainment financial leaders are working through questions that much of corporate finance is only beginning to confront: bundled revenue, content valuation, structural separations and the use of AI in the close," said Andrej Suskavcevic, CAE, President and CEO of FEI. "Giving that work a named seat inside FEI does two things at once: it connects media finance professionals with peers across every industry, and it brings their hard-won experience to the broader finance community. Both were overdue."

What is live today

• A dedicated Media Finance Section serving as the hub for media-specific programming, content, research and networking.
• Full FEI membership for every former MFM member, including access to FEI's professional development, career services, publications and research through the Financial Education & Research Foundation (FERF).
• Access to FEI's local Chapter network, a benefit not previously available to MFM members. Chapters add a second, geographic layer of peer connection alongside the industry one.
• Continuity of the media finance programming members have relied on, including the Financial Leaders Forum, the Executive Summit, and the Section's webinar and education calendar.

"Our members were clear about what they wanted: their community intact and their programming stronger, not smaller," said Joseph Annotti, Executive Director of FEI's Media Finance Section and former President and CEO of MFM. "That is what today delivers. The Financial Leaders Forum, the peer networks and the media-specific education all continue, now with the research, Chapter network and professional voice of a larger organization behind them."

Why it matters

Finance teams across media and entertainment have absorbed a sustained run of structural change: revenue arriving through bundles and platform intermediaries rather than direct customer relationships, content assets whose carrying values move with shifting distribution strategy, mid-year separations of linear and streaming businesses, and advertising sold against inventory that did not exist in the prior reporting period. Those are no longer media-only problems. They are appearing across consumer products, software, sports and healthcare as more businesses shift from selling units to sustaining subscriptions.

Placing media finance inside a broader financial-executive community is intended to move expertise in both directions: cross-industry peer exchange, research capacity and policy voice for media finance professionals, and early visibility into emerging reporting and control questions for the wider membership.

Availability

Media Finance Section membership information and the Section's program calendar are available at www.financialexecutives.org.

About Financial Executives International (FEI)

Founded in 1931, FEI is a leading association for senior corporate financial management. Members hold policy-making positions as chief financial officers, chief accounting officers, controllers, treasurers and tax executives at companies across major industries. FEI supports member professional development through peer networking, career services, conferences, research and publications, and members participate in local Chapters across the United States. FEI is headquartered in Morristown, N.J. Learn more at www.financialexecutives.org.

About the Media Finance Section

The Media Finance Section is FEI's first industry-specific section, formed on October 1, 2026, through the merger of the Media Financial Management Association (MFM) into FEI. Founded in 1961, MFM served business and financial executives in media and entertainment with networking, education and media-specific information services. The Section continues that work inside FEI.

SOURCE Financial Executives International (FEI)