Media Moves

She joined satellite radio operation SiriusXM in 2012 and most recently served in the role of Senior Vice President of Automotive Remarketing. Now, this SiriusXM veteran has taken the role of SVP/General Manager of Automotive Partnerships. It is a change precipitated by Rodney Pickett's retirement.

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.

She joined Audacy Corp. in 2021 as a Brand Manager for two of its Houston properties. Now, she's been elevated to the role of VP of Programming for the company's three FMs in the market, putting in her in a post that also sees her lead strategy and promotions.

On April 19, 2019, a popular Ohio air personality told listeners to his radio show on a Country station that he had been dealing, successfully, with kidney cancer. However, he shared his 2016 diagnosis of Pulmonary Fibrosis, a serious lung disease requiring a lung transplant. Now, nearly four years later, this local radio star has passed away.

In July 2022, Michael Lee exited as the first Executive Director of the LPTV Broadcasters Association, founded by “SuperFrank” Copsidas. Now, Lee is returning to the advocacy group on an interim basis.

As NBCUniversal sees it, it is a move that demonstrates how the company is "investing in its leadership."  Two key executives in its sales ranks have been promoted, and it is also indicative of the Comcast unit's commitment to cross-divisional partnerships, it says.

He is widely recognized for discovering the late Rush Limbaugh and was once the President of the ABC Radio Networks. Now, the Broadcasters Foundation of America is renaming its annual Lifetime Achievement Award to honor him some five years after his passing.

The Public Media Group of Southern California (PMGSC), the parent company of PBS SoCal, KCET and Link TV, today named a new Chief Content Officer, reporting directly to President/CEO Andrew Russell.

He's presently Senior Director of Revenue Strategy for the Scripps Local Media division. Now, like Brian Lawlor, this longtime Scripps leader is shifting from the local media group to Scripps Sports to serve as its VP for Sports Revenue and Sponsorships.

He's been with iHeartMedia for his entire 17-year career and has risen through the ranks in the audio content creation and distribution company's Automotive team. Now, he's rising to a role as EVP/Sales in the key ad sales division.

He's known across the Tennessee city of Chattanooga for his time in radio sales and on the air at WGOW Radio, today a Cumulus Media station. Now, media industry leaders here are mourning the passing of Gerry Mac.

“The Entreleadership Podcast” can be found on Apple Podcast, Spotify, YouTube and anywhere you listen to podcasts. The first episode with Ramsey as its host debuts Monday, with new episodes releasing every Monday.

Bloomberg is reporting that 55 members of the staff at Crooked Media, the podcast network behind Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It, have unionized through the Writers Guild of America.

Since 2020, she has served as the News Director of NBC affiliate WYFF-4 in Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C. and Asheville, N.C. Now, she's being promoted to the newly created role of Director of News Management Recruitment for Hearst Television.

The event, the biggest fundraiser for the charity organization, is scheduled for March 6 at the Plaza Hotel in New York. O'Brien currently hosts the nationally syndicated "Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien," which is produced by Hearst Television. She has anchored shows on CNN, MSNBC, and NBC, hosted projects for Fox and A&E, and contributed to Oxygen, Nat Geo, the PBS NewsHour, and WebMD.