Media Moves

On September 21, RBR+TVBR reported that after 33 years in creative and leadership roles at Disney, Gary Marsh will be stepping down as President/Chief Creative Officer of Disney Branded Television to launch his own production company. Two days later, Marsh's successor as President was revealed by Disney General Entertainment Chairman Peter Rice.

Cumulus Media has selected two individuals who will serve in newly created positions across its Music & Entertainment and Sports divisions. Their role: to lead new content development across the audio content creation and distribution company's platforms. 

SiriusXM has selected three new senior marketing executives as SiriusXM continues its current growth initiatives by launching a new national brand advertising effort designed to reach larger audiences.

As 2021 comes to an end, so will the leadership of an iHeartMedia Area President who has contributed to the success of radio stations not only across New York's Capital Region, but in the Mid-Hudson Valley and in the "Tri-State" zone including Sussex, N.J.; Port Jervis, N.Y.; and "a little bitty piece of Pennsylvania."

He's held the role of Director of Political Advertising for Hearst Television since 2019 and for some four years has been Director of Sales for politically influential WMUR-9 in Manchester, N.H. Now, he's been promoted to the newly created position of Corporate Director of Sales. 

He previously served as Market Manager of the company's Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss., radio stations. Now, he's moving on up to Jackson, the state capital, to lead Alpha Media's properties there.

A professional with over 28 years of experience in accounting, finance, human resources and business administration has been named GM of nonprofit Adult Alternative "88Nine Radio Milwaukee." It's a woman who was previously the HR manager and accountant.

With Ron Walter's retirement at the end of August, Nexstar Media Group had a choice to make on his successor as the head of two Volunteer State markets. That decision has just been made by the nation's No. 1 licensee of commercially licensed broadcast TV stations.

TEGNA's two television stations serving the Constitution State have a new morning news content director, as of Monday.  He'll be responsible for overseeing The FOX61 Morning News, which airs weekdays from 4am to 11am on one of those two UHF properties serving most of Connecticut.

He was a VP and Executive Editor at FOX Sports. Now, he'll serve as the VP/GM of American Public Media's business news franchise, a staple of noncommercial, secular radio stations across the U.S.

A veteran global news executive whose rise in television came in Australia has been appointed to the role of EVP/News Operations and Transformation, CBS News and Stations. He'll report to CBS News and Stations Presidents and Co-Heads Wendy McMahon and Neeraj Khemlani in the newly created senior leadership role.

He most recently served as VP/Communications for VICE Media Group. Now, this PR and media relations pro is back in familiar environs — ABC News.

There's a Director of Business Development/Streamers for streaming TV operation Wurl. It's the former Head of Business Development for Dish's Sling TV.

Hearst Television is expanding its original program production and distribution capabilities with the creation of the Hearst Media Production Group. And, a longtime Hearst Television executive has been named president of the new group.

For some, she's fondly remembered as promoter "Bobbi Flekman" in the 1984 cult classic This is Spinal Tap. Most people know her as "The Nanny." Now, she's succeeding Gabrielle Carteris as President of SAG-AFTRA.