Media Moves

At its annual shareholders meeting, Xperi shareholders re-elected all five incumbent directors, including CEO Jon E. Kirchner. The parent of the DTS AutoStage, TiVo and HD Radio brands has now appointed two individuals to its board, putting a formal end to a dissident investor's quest for a board shakeup.

As of June 17, Nexstar will be home to a woman whose chief responsibilities include accelerating digital revenue growth across its broadcast group. She happens to be inbound from a "Big Tech" giant, where she's served as a Senior Business Development Manager for its worldwide emerging business.

Come June 21, Becky Meyer will be sharing her career path and the importance of mentorship, among other subjects, in the next TVB NEXT Women "Coffee With ..." webinar.

He manages Paramount's Advanced Advertising business, including sales, operations, data science, engineering, and product for several key advertising platforms — Vantage being the flagship. A LinkedIn post publicly shares what Paramount employees learned this week via an internal memo: He's been upped to EVP/Advanced Advertising.

The results of the 2024 NAB Executive Committee elections have been released by the nation's top lobbying and advocacy group for broadcast radio and television.  On the TV side, Pat LaPlatney, President and co-CEO at Gray Television, was reelected as NAB television board chair.

He has been with TEGNA's stations in Portland and Bangor, Maine for eleven years and since 2016 has served as its Director of Sales. Starting June 10, he'll take on the bigger role of President/GM.

She's one of the first women to cover Major League Baseball, and as the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation sees it, her dedication and pioneering spirit have paved the way for many women in sports media. On June 18, Suzyn Waldman will be honored by AWMF for her achievements.

It is a company that its CEO Steve Newberry created to help bring more visuals to radio, a benefit for the sales team and consumers alike. Now, Quu is welcoming an onboarding and programming services manager who has been a Program Director at radio stations across the U.S.

Using the power of television, he achieved international recognition as creator and Executive Producer of "Great Performances" on PBS. Now, Jac Venza is being mourned, as he died earlier this week at the age of 97.

Through this eight-month program, DGA members who aspire to be episodic television Directors (protégés) are matched with experienced episodic television Directors (mentors). "The interactive setting exposes protégés to the latest skillsets in preparation for a career in directing episodic television," DGA says.

The iHeartMedia radio stations serving Cleveland have a new Sr. VP of Sales and a VP of Digital.  They each report to Market President Keith Hotchkiss.

The managing director overseeing newsroom teams across the Lone Star State for Charter Communications' Spectrum News 1 from Austin is heading to Waco, where he will soon take the reins as Station Manager for The E.W. Scripps Co.'s twin ABC affiliates in the DMA.

From March 2021 through April 2023, he was SVP of Client Success and an executive team member at Marketron. Prior to that, he was VP of Client Success at LOCALiQ. Introducing the new West Region Digital Sales Director for Salem Media Group's digital marketing firm.

The Media Financial Management Association (MFM)'s 2024 Annual Conference wrapped up three days of panel discussions geared to broadcast media financial executives on Wednesday, and as the event closed the association revealed its fresh Board of Directors slate for 2024-2025.

Two heritage radio brands superserving African American consumers across the Delaware Valley have a new Sales Manager. It's a woman who previously served as the FM stations' Assistant Director of Sales.