Media Moves

She was formerly a special assistant to President Biden and a senior advisor for the White House Chief of Staff. Now, she's joining Disney Entertainment Television, to take the role of VP/Media Relations.

With Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem — the co-founders of The Women's Media Center — on hand to personally make the announcement, the honorees for the 2023 Women’s Media Awards have been revealed. Who are earning awards this year at a reception scheduled for October 19 at the Whitby Hotel in the City of New York?

The NAB DSA annually recognizes a broadcaster who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the American system of broadcasting. Known to sports fans as “JB,” he is a three-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and has served as host of “THE NFL TODAY" on CBS since 2006.

Expanded show-development duties are coming for the longtime showrunner for Hearst Media Production Group's weekend public affairs program “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.”

Katz Digital Audio, the Katz Media Group digital sales division focused on streaming audio and podcasting, has selected a new Senior Vice President and Sales Director and Programmatic Audio Lead. It's an individual who began his career at Katz, and he will now report to Scott Porretti, President of Katz Digital Audio.

A veteran radio and television industry sales and management executive who led operations and revenue development for 23 media properties in Texas and New Mexico for Ramar Communications, among other roles, has joined SagamoreHill Broadcasting to lead two of its stations in Louisiana.

He's been with Audacy Inc. for 18 months and led the execution of such initiatives as Hip Hop Made, I’m Listening, 1Thing and Launch. He also played a key part of the rollout of the company's partnerships with ReelWorld, United Stations and Live Nation. Now, this Audacy staffer has been given the role of Director/Programming.

She joins NPR from The Fuller Project, a global nonprofit newsroom focusing on coverage of the interconnected issues affecting women, where she was Editor in Chief. Before that she spent 14 years at The Washington Post in various roles.

He's widely known as the former Global Strategist and Chief Growth Officer of global advertising industry giant Publicis Groupe and today is working on his second book, “Re-Thinking Work,” which will be published by McGraw-Hill in 2024. Attendees of the sixth annual Media Ad Sales Summit may just get a taste of what's to come in that tome from its author.

Local television stations owned by The E.W. Scripps Company serving a city in Montana and Virginia's state capital, respectively, have earned prestigious 2023 National Edward R. Murrow Awards.

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) on Wednesday announced the national winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards, with the local news operations of Nexstar Media Group receiving a total of six awards for excellence.

She began her career in 2016 as a Developmental Marketing Intern for Cox Media Group's radio and television stations serving Central Florida. Now, she's back in Orlando to serve as Director of the company's Digital Media team in the market.

The NABOB & Power of Urban Radio Conference is the only media conference wholly dedicated to the growth of Black-owned media, broadcast radio, broadcast television, digital publishing, and media sales professionals. The three-day event brings together Black broadcast media owners, senior advertising and marketing executives, local sales management, leading on-air talent, policy leadership, entrepreneurs, cultural creatives, and corporate executives.

He previously had direct oversight of all aspects of WABC-7 in New York and the Disney Advertising Sales Northeast region’s linear, digital, social and sponsorship sales. In that role, he spearheaded the creation of several new revenue generating opportunities. Effective immediately, this noted sales pro has accepted a key national ad sales post at Nexstar.

In February 2020, this familiar figure took a role at Australia-headquartered audio codec manufacturer Tieline, serving as VP of Sales for the Americas.  Now, Doug Ferber is focusing once again on the buying and selling of radio stations in the U.S.