Media Moves

The independent TV measurement and analytics firm founded by CEO Kristin Dolan has turned to a former M&A banker at Goldman Sachs in selecting its new President. Most recently, he held principal roles at several fast-growing firms — including 605-owned ad tech, measurement and services firm Adscribe.

The 51-year old co-host "Ear Hustle" has seen his sentence commuted by California's Governor, Gavin Newsom. The podcast is produced inside San Quentin State Prison, where this co-host is an inmate.

Taking a page from intimate Forecast conferences held each November in New York, the CEOs of the nation's two leading radio station owners, which today position themselves as audio content creation and distribution companies, will join the head of the NAB in a NAB Show 2022 conversation "to discuss the evolution of radio, embracing change from the top and building a future-focused culture."

He most recently served as the National Digital Automotive Specialist for Beasley Media Group and prior to entering the radio industry, he spent 15 years as GM of Jorgensen Ford in Detroit. Now, Tim Jorgenson is being promoted to a key role at Beasley's Motor City properties.

While some may be wondering if another run for the Republican nomination for Governor of California may be in Larry Elder's future, others have been wondering where Salem will turn to in selecting his on-air successor. An answer has just arrived.

Allen Media Group, the company led by Byron Allen, is welcoming an individual who will help lead the company's senior management in merger and acquisition efforts. He'll also have a key role in other corporate strategic initiatives encompassing capital markets, private equity, and credit. 

The Kentucky-based independent cross-media local advertising company has promoted a 10-year company veteran to the role of VP/Affiliate Relations and Business Development. In this role, she'll be responsible for managing the process of identifying, pitching, negotiating and executing sales representation agreements with linear, digital and managed services partners within the cable and digital ad sales industries.

In the mid-1980s, he was a part of a dual-anchor team at 5pm and 6pm for Montgomery, Ala.'s CBS affiliate at the time, WCOV-20. At the end of 1985, CBS network affiliation shifted to WAKA, and so did this news anchor and reporter. Kim Wanous would remain at WAKA until 1995, when he joined crosstown WSFA-12 for a 16-year run. Now, all across central Alabama are mourning the loss of Wanous.

Today, Napster is a wholly different operation that has one big thing in common with the version circa 2002 may recall — music. As such, it now seeks to reinvigorate itself with a new CEO, who is inbound from a key music role at one of the biggest multiplayer gaming platforms on Earth.

Most recently, he was VP/GM of Sinclair Broadcast Group's two Wichita, Kansas stations. Now, he's heading to Northern California to serve as VP/GM of the three television stations owned by Sinclair in Chico — and will also oversee Sinclair's shared services agreement with the market's FOX affiliate.

It's Entravision Communications' programmatic growth platform that powers performance, direct response and brand advertising campaigns across in-app, mobile web, audio and Connected TV. Now, it has a new Chief Revenue Officer. It's someone who spent six years at the helm of  Liftoff, a global programmatic ad platform for Apps, Games and Brands.

For the first time, SiriusXM will have a SVP/Chief Growth Officer, a leadership position focused on "driving SiriusXM’s enterprise-level growth strategy with oversight across a variety of key areas, including the SiriusXM streaming subscription business as well as corporate marketing, analytics and research for SiriusXM and Pandora."

The VP/General Manager of the CBS affiliate serving Medford-Ashland, Ore., has been named to a similar role at Sinclair Broadcast Group's FOX and The CW Networks serving Fresno.

TelevisaUnivision is cheering recognition in this year's GLAAD Media Awards for “Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism,” for a report on one of its signature Univision Network news programs. It also received "special recognition" honors for a program available on its OTT platform, ViX.

In the heart of Central New York, there's no station bigger than "B104.7," iHeartMedia's top-rated Country WBBS-FM in Syracuse. A big part of those strong ratings is thanks to longtime personality Becky Palmer, who spent 22 years on the air before retiring in December 2019. Now, listeners and peers from across the U.S. are paying tribute to Palmer, who has died.