Media Moves

The Chairman of CBS Sports has been selected to deliver the opening keynote at the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)'s virtual conference devoted to "The Business of Live Sports," a new event set to take place later this month.

BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) has a new Vice President of Creative for its Latin arm. Here's the scoop on who is now in the post.

The multimedia giant focused on Spanish-speaking U.S. Hispanics is now under majority ownership of ForgeLight LLC and Searchlight Capital Partners. With that shift in control, Wade Davis replaced Vince Sadusky as CEO. Steve Mandala was fired, with Donna Speciale brought in to the C-Suite. Now, changes have come to the corporate communications team.

The iHeartMedia Region Senior Vice President of Sales for the Kentucky-Indiana Metro has been selected to serve as Market President for its Indianapolis radio stations.

He spent more than 20 years in key positions with WarnerMedia/Turner Broadcasting, where he created and led dozens of nationally recognized products including the Watch TCM steaming service and TCM.com. Now, this esteemed industry veteran is joining The E.W. Scripps Co. to lead its newly expanded national television business' digital efforts.

Gray Television's Board of Directors has unanimously voted to expand the board by one seat. To fill that extra chair, the board has elected the SVP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer for Georgia Power as an independent director.

The summit was formulated specifically for media tax professionals. Its focus is the specifics of how technological advances, the evolving workplace environment, and recent and proposed legislation have converged to transform the expectations for, and responsibilities of, the media tax department. MFM has assembled expert speakers to delve into each of these topics.

Quicklink, which provides hardware and software platforms for video and audio media, has opened its first U.S. office. It's in response to "immense growth" for the company stateside in recent months.

Technology infrastructure company PMG has selected a new EVP to leading its software and cloud platforms. And, in connection with the hire, PMG has acquired the media management and workflow orchestration software that this new executive developed over the past seven years in anticipation of ATSC 3.0.

Qligent, the provider of cloud-based media delivery quality assurance products, has appointed a 30-year broadcast industry veteran to serve as its Vice President of Sales.

Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson has signed a multi-year deal with Fox Nation for a new video podcast and a series of in-depth specials. Along with the new Tucker Carlson Originals, he will continue to host his FNC weeknight program.

In April 1958, just 3 1/2 years after the team won the 1954 World Series, the New York Giants baseball club moved to San Francisco from the Polo Grounds. Now, a Nexstar Media Group local TV leader is moving from the Bay Area to the Big Apple.

There are two new members of the National Association of Broadcasters' TV Board of Directors. Concurrently, there is a new addition to the NAB's Radio Board of Directors, and it is the person in charge of such radio stations as Easy 93.1 in Miami and K99.1 in Dayton.

She's been singled out by her new boss for her "extensive knowledge and experience" in the Atlanta market, along with her "winning attitude and impressive accomplishments." That's what Debora Collura, GM of WGCL-46 and WPCH-17 "Peachtree TV", has to say about the stations' new Director of Sales.

Many know him for his long tenure at KITS-FM in San Francisco, the Alternative station formerly known as "Live 105" and today called "ALT 105.3." But, few may have realized that he is also the co-founder of one of the nation’s most influential indie music club nights. Now, Aaron Axelsen is leveraging his role in the creation of Popscene by joining FLOOD Media.