Media Moves

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. 

For some, he's known for his conservative talk radio program heard in such markets as Las Vegas and Miami. For others, he's the ringmaster of The MJ Morning Show, as "MJ" is how many Top 40 radio listeners in Tampa first got to know him. Now, Todd Schnitt is making a choice. And, he's sticking with "MJ."

He's an Emmy Award-winning television and digital-video producer who since 2021 has served as a senior director overseeing streaming production for Hearst Television. This individual has just been promoted to the role of VP/Production for the privately held company's Very Local unit.

From 2008-2018, he held the role of VP/Market Manager of Beasley Media Group's Las Vegas properties, shifting to the properties after a decade as Market Manager for CBS Radio's stations in the market. Now, Tom Humm is returning to Beasley/Las Vegas, for a newly created role.

The sales efforts for six radio brands serving St. Louis are now in the hands of an individual who arrives at the audio content creation and distribution company from a newspaper owner that includes among its titles a 186-year-old daily broadsheet. But, before that, he was associated with the big daily serving the Gateway City.

A trio of promotions have transpired at FOX News Media, and all of the moves reflect the unit's digital leadership team. In particular, there's a new Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, while FOX Nation and FOX News Digital each get new leaders.

From 1951-1958 and from 1962-1989, she was an anchor for the home of CBS television in Southern California — another gender first. Now, many are pausing to pay tribute to Ruth Ashton Taylor, who has died at the age of 101.

She is returning to Nexstar Media Group after serving as Director of Sales at The E.W. Scripps Co.'s WRTV-6 in Indianapolis since 2019. And, this longtime broadcast TV sales professional will be taking the role of VP/General Manager for the company's stations in the Illinois cities of Champaign and Springfield.

Starting Monday, iHeartMedia's Philadelphia radio stations will have a new SVP/Sales. It is an individual who is quite familiar with the company's stations in the Cradle of Liberty — he's been an SVP, GSM and National Sales Director for the audio brands and began his career at iHeart-owned Katz Radio.