Media Moves

An entertainment industry legal veteran who has been the associate general counsel at Amazon Studios until today has returned to Davis Wright Tremaine LLP after more than 20 years. It's a return for an individual who was a DWT associate in the late 1990s.

He serves as the anchor and managing editor of NBC’s flagship news broadcast. He has also served as principal anchor of “Dateline NBC” since September 2011 and leads NBC News’ special reports, breaking news and primetime political coverage. Lester Holt is now being recognized for those efforts with his induction into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

A broadcast technology integration firm that's gaining national recognition for its efforts has added a Partner as it prepares to welcome a Systems Engineer to their team.

There's a new individual in charge of the day-to-day operations at a pair of Nexstar Media Group TV stations in market No. 142 — a role that also involves management of Vaughn Media's dual ABC/The CW affiliate serving Kansas' state capital. 

The NAB Leadership Foundation has elected to present its 2021 Corporate Leadership Award to Procter & Gamble — an honor the leading linear media advertiser will receive during the televised Celebration of Service to America Awards, airing July 10 on selected broadcast stations.

"Every presentation is a performance," says veteran PR exec Rosemary Ravinal. "It is a performance with a specific audience in mind, concise content, delivered with energy and authority," she writes. "Whether you are doing a virtual presentation or in-person, there are common best practices that will ease your discomfort and greatly improve your impact."

A veteran television news executive who has served in five of Hearst Television’s largest TV markets has been promoted to the corporate position of Vice President of News. She will start in her new role on July 1, and is relocating to Hearst's New York headquarters.

The Digital Division of Nexstar Media Group has promoted its Connecticut-based VP of Strategy and Business Intelligence to the role of Chief Strategy Officer and EVP/Strategy & Data for the digital segment of the broadcast TV station owner.

On May 27, Premiere Networks announced it will replace "The Rush Limbaugh Show" with a new offering featuring FOX Sports Radio's Clay Travis and Premiere-syndicated talk host Buck Sexton. Sexton will shift from afternoon drive, Pacific Time, to take the slot. Now, Premiere knows what will fill Sexton's current three-hour time period.

Tonee Roper is one of four candidates selected for the MIW's 2021 Mildred Carter Mentoring Program. She shares more of her passion for radio, and what it's like to work at a woman-owned media company, in this encore InFOCUS Podcast, presented by DOT.FM. LISTEN HERE

Streaming and on-demand audio service provider TuneIn, which enjoys a global platform (as opposed to Audacy and iHeartRadio), has ramped up its leadership team by naming a SVP of Business Development and a SVP of Marketing, respectively.

As of June 7, Brian Sines will oversee Townsquare’s Lafayette and Lake Charles, La., local media clusters and drive strategic sales and content initiatives across the Southern Louisiana region.

He has been a researcher and writer for the Senior VP of News at Sinclair Broadcast Group for the past three years. Now, he will be that C-Suite executive's Chief of Staff — a position that appears to be unique to Sinclair.

A 26-year ESPN veteran, this individual previously served as EVP of Programming Acquisitions and Scheduling. He held that role since May 2015, and added oversight of ESPN’s relationship with BAMTech in June 2017 and of original content in November 2020.

From 2011-2016, he served as the Director of Talent Management and Talent Acquisition for iHeartMedia markets in the Lone Star State. Now, after operating his own consulting business, he's back in a top leadership role putting him in charge of five iHeartMedia markets in Texas.