Simpson To Lead South and Southeast for FanDuel Sports Network
Following the retirement of Jeff Genthner, Steve Simpson will assume oversight of the two FanDuel Sports Network regions and spearhead all team partnerships across the region. FanDuel Sports Network is the former Bally Sports RSN, owned by a subsidiary of Sinclair Inc.
PURE Jingles Welcomes A Chief Commercial Officer
He has experience at some of the world's biggest music conglomerates, including BMG, Bertelsmann, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group. Introducing the new Chief Commercial Officer at PURE Jingles.
Baer Signed As Sirius XM’s Top Legal Chief
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. has appointed a former Airbnb top legal executive to serve as its new EVP/General Counsel and Secretary, effective March 3, 2025. He succeeds Patrick Donnelly who is retiring.
Visser To Be Honored With NYF Lifetime Achievement Award
New York Festivals Television & Film Awards is honoring pioneering sports journalist and broadcasting groundbreaker Lesley Visser with the New York Festivals 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Holifield To Lead Greensboro For iHeartMedia
The five FM radio stations owned and operated by iHeartMedia in the Winston Salem-Greensboro-High Point region of North Carolina have a new Market Manager. She reports to Dave Carwile, President for iHeartMedia Carolinas.
Former ABC, Mutual Radio VP Dies
Dick Carr served as Vice President for ABC and Mutual Radio Networks and was an executive producer for national programs featuring Larry King and Dick Clark, among others. Even in retirement, Carr continued his passion for radio, hosting a nationally syndicated Big Band program.
CSS Welcomes Cox’s Bowers For Key Sales Role
The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS) has a new Senior Vice President of Sales. It is a woman with more than 25 years of experience who is inbound from Cox Enterprises, where she held various senior leadership roles, including Chief Revenue Officer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
From N.W. Arkansas To 49th State For Sebo
The Gray Media broadcast offerings bringing NBC and CBS network programming branded as "Alaska's News Source" has a new General Manager. It's an individual who is making a big relocation, as he's most recently served as Sales Manager of a Hearst Television pair in Northwest Arkansas.
Fox Rises At FOX With Central Florida Sales Bump
He has a surname that's apropos for his workplace, and he's just been promoted to Regional VP of Sales for the FOX Television Stations serving Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Gainesville-Ocala.
The CW Selects A Sports SVP
An individual who most recently served as Sr. VP of Global Media Rights for Aggregate Sports and before that was VP of Programming for NBC Sports Group will now be reporting to the President of The CW Network, as he's taken on the role of SVP of Sports.
Sacramento Radio, TV Personality Al Sams Dies
Since May 2021, he was a features reporter on KMAX-31 in Sacramento, as part of the Good Day weekend news team. Before that, he worked in the market for iHeartRadio, at "FOX40," and at the former CBS Radio station group. Now, every media outlet in town and its consumers are mourning "Big Al" Sams.
Scripps Ups Sports Sales Sleuth To Lead Local Media Ad Effort
The E.W. Scripps Company has tapped a veteran sales executive who has been with the company since 2016 to lead all revenue strategy and business development efforts across Scripps’ collection of local television stations. Starting Monday, he will hold the role of VP of Local Media Sales.
Trio Of Related Hispanic Media Entities To Merge
Nueva Network, Costa Media, and MLC Media are officially merging under the leadership of José Villafañe, the architect and head of the growing Spanish-language audio content creation and distribution company.
Schulman Exits EVP Role At Nexstar
"Some of you may have noted that my LinkedIn status recently changed as I've now left the Nexstar family." That's how Stacey Lynn Schulman officially shared the news on Thursday that she's no longer with the nation's No. 1 owner of broadcast television stations.
APTS Elects Board Officers, Trustees
America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) today announced the election of its board leaders and board members, and the President/CEO of WXEL-42 and WPBT-2, "South Florida PBS," is the new Chair.