FreeWheel Names a Global Agency Partnerships Head
In this role, he will oversee agency collaborations — leading relationships and the company’s commercialization structure for agency partnerships globally while working closely with the executive leadership team to identify and capitalize on revenue growth opportunities.
Graham Names A HR Head, Inbound From Scripps
Graham Media Group has chosen its successor to its head of Human Resources, who is retiring at the end of 2024. It is a woman who most recently served as Senior Director of Functional HRBP for Local Media Operations and Local News at The E.W. Scripps Co.
Berriz Joins Norsan To Run Florida Stations
She's most recently served as General Manager for Bustos Media's stations in the Seattle-Tacoma market. Earlier this year, she completed the NAB Broadcast Leadership Training Program. Now, this Hispanic radio industry local leader is heading to the Sunshine State to take a key role for Norsan Media.
Disney Entertainment & ESPN Selects Smith for Key Role
The new Chief Product & Technology Officer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN has been selected, and Disney Entertainment Co-Chairmen Alan Bergman and Dana Walden and ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro all came together to share the news.
Edward Rogers Now Exec. Chair Of Family Media Giant
The company was founded by the late Ted Rogers with the purchase of CHFI-FM 98.1 in Toronto. Today, Rogers Communications is a multimedia Goliath in Canada. As of Wednesday (8/14), it has a new Executive Chair, and it is a member of the Rogers family.
Jackson Wins Wider Bayou State Duties For Cumulus
He has programmed radio stations for Cumulus Media for more than 20 years. Now, he's been promoted to Operations Manager for the company's Baton Rouge stations in addition to becoming Program Director of its Adult R&B and Gospel stations in the New Orleans market.
Cumulus Podcast Network Ups Chauncey To SVP
Cumulus Media has promoted from within to fill the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Podcasting role at the company. In this new role, this individual will lead the Cumulus Podcast Network’s day-to-day operations, content acquisition, editorial, and production.
Grenier Shifts From Upstate N.Y. To Music City USA
He's been the Area President for iHeartMedia's stations across the Albany and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; and Sussex, N.J. Nielsen Audio markets and before that was based in Nashville as President/COO for Buntin Out-of-Home Media LLC. Now, he's heading back to Music City USA to run iHeart's stations there.
TelevisaUnivision’s Chief Client Officer Exits For New Venture
Last week, it became known that Steven Wolfe Pereira has exited as Executive Vice President and Chief Client Officer for the world's largest Spanish-language content producer. It is now known as to why Pereira is leaving TelevisaUnivision after eight months in the role.
Meet Beasley’s New Corporate Engineering Head
He has been with Beasley Media Group for 13 years and was most recently VP of Engineering. Now, he's earned a promotion. In this new role, this company veteran will be responsible for overseeing all engineering activities across Beasley’s 57 radio properties throughout the nation.
Meaghan Thomas Joins A Gray Giant’s Weather Team
In August 2022, she was a guest on the InFOCUS Podcast to share how her revelation that she uses hearing aids has created positivity and encouragement for deaf and hard-of-hearing youth in Tennessee. Now, Thomas has returned to Birmingham to take a role at a Gray Television property.
New To Radio, Meet Chuck Deskins’ Successor at iHeartMedia
"As one chapter closes, I want to express my immense gratitude and complete honor for having worked with the incredible team at Miradore," Angela Reed shared on LinkedIn regarding her exit as Chief Sales Officer. Reed is heading to the nation's largest audio content creation and distribution company.
WideOrbit Ups Hedrick To CEO Role
WideOrbit founder Eric Mathewson is stepping out of the Chief Executive Officer role at the Lumine Group unit serving the broadcast media industry. This means the President and Managing Director at WideOrbit, who returned to the company in 2023 after a stint at vCreative, is assuming his duties.
Introducing Scripps’ New Chief Legal Officer
The Board of Directors of the Cincinnati-headquartered E.W. Scripps Company has approved the promotion of its Deputy General Counsel to the new role of Chief Legal Officer.
The Weather Channel’s Siedel Slides Over To FOX Competitor
For more than three decades, he had been a staple meteorologist and storm specialist at The Weather Channel, sticking with the channel through ownership that included NBCUniversal and, as of today, Allen Media Group. Now, Mike Seidel is fueling FOX's upstart weather-focused rival.