Media Moves

The E.W. Scripps Company has appointed three media industry veterans from ION, Katz and Newsy to roles supporting distribution of its new national networks business. All roles are effective upon the close of Scripps’ acquisition of ION.

Established in 2002, the MIW’s heritage annual mentoring initiative connects mentees with accomplished women recognized as leaders, mentors, and game-changers within all aspects of radio broadcasting; vCreative is sponsoring the program for the second consecutive year. Hurry! The deadline to apply is rapidly approaching.

The Board of Directors of the Media Financial Management Association (MFM) have selected the two individuals who will chair its upcoming, and virtual, Media Finance Focus conference.

Since 2018 he's been the Senior Director of Finance at Hearst Television. Now, he will serve as Hearst's VP of Distribution.

Colorado Springs is known as the home of the Garden of the Gods. Now, Christopher Gould is gaining the top leadership role for two Salem Media Group stations in the market devoted to the word of God, along with its Conservative Talk sibling.

Davina Sashkin now has something in common with Matthew H. McCormick and Dan A. Kirkpatrick. That would be her job title at noted Washington, D.C.-area telecommunications, media, and technology law firm Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth.

One of Cumulus Media's strongest markets is Cincinnati, where it has such radio brands as Warm 98, 92.5 The Fox, 96 Rock and top-rated WGRR. Now, its VP of Sales has taken the top leadership role for the company's five FM cluster in the Ohio metropolis, as Dave Crowl is retiring.

He was a close friend to many at Skyview Networks. There, he worked with his son, Kade. Now, Skyview staff and many across the Arizona sports sphere are paying tribute to Andrew Luberda, who died Tuesday of complications directly tied to the COVID-19 virus.

At the end of next year, Paul McNicol intends to retire from his role as EVP/General Counsel and Secretary at the nation's largest audio media company. He will remain with the company through 2021 to ensure a smooth transition. Who is his successor? That would be iHeartMedia's Deputy General Counsel.

The E.W. Scripps Company has promoted its VP of Financial Planning and Analysis to the role that has until now been held by Lisa Knutson. The bump up to CFO, which saw "a nationwide search," yielded no external candidates. And, the transition will take place once Scripps closes on its acquisition of ION Media.

With Lisa Knutson rising from the EVP/CFO role to lead the newly combined businesses of ION Media, the digital multicast channels under the Katz Networks brand, and its OTT-to-MVPD offering Newsy, The E.W. Scripps Company has appointed a television industry veteran with a surname matching its multicast unit to head them on a day-to-day basis.

The President of Cogeco Media, a takeover target of Rogers Sports & Media, has exited the Montréal-based owner of 23 radio stations across the Canadian province of Québec.

He's been the acting Chief Revenue Officer since January 2020. Now, he has officially gained the title at the Comcast Advertising arm known as FreeWheel.

From the top of Mt. Washington, a Townsquare Media FM reaches much of Maine, all of northern New Hampshire, and practically all of northern Vermont once leaving the greater Burlington area. It's a 48kw monster that was the late Norm Alpert's first property, and it is getting a new morning host and Brand Manager -- an individual last with iHeartMedia in Tulsa.

Two days ago, Beasley Media Group revealed that its Director of Sales for its cluster stations in New England’s biggest market was rising to the corporate level position of VP/Sales for the entire radio broadcasting company. On Wednesday, Tina Murley's successor was revealed.