Media Moves

BIN: Black Information Network, the iHeartMedia-owned national audio news and information service focused on African American consumers, has appointed a VP of News Operations while naming BIN's first-ever Managing Editor.

She's inbound from AfterShock Media, where she led its global film and television business and was charged with expanding the company’s comic book slate internationally, and forging relationships with producers, writers, and platforms. Introducing the new President of Scripted Television at Dynamic Television.

In 1989, he began his career at the ABC affiliate serving Lafayette, La. Now, some 30+ years later, this longtime Bayou Country local TV leader is returning to the station. 

Streaming music service Spotify hires Wall Street exec Paul Vogel as head of Investor Relations.

A former VP/Market Manager for Cumulus Media-owned stations in Youngstown, Ohio, who has also been GSM of iHeartMedia's stations in the city between Pittsburgh and Cleveland has just accepted a job east of the state line, in the Steel City.

“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.

As of August 2, Adrienne Roark began serving as a President of CBS Stations, serving the East Coast following a tenure in Portland, Ore. Now, two other veteran local television executives have earned the President/CBS Stations title at ViacomCBS. 

Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. on Wednesday elected three media and technology executives to serve on the ATSC Board of Directors for three-year terms that begin in January 2024.

He programmed iHeartMedia's Alternative KYSR-FM “ALT 98-7” in Los Angeles until moving to New York in May 2018 for a programming post with Audacy Inc., then known under its original name, Entercom. He then returned to Los Angeles, assuming Brand Manager responsibilities for KROQ-FM in February 2020. Now, he's returning to iHeartMedia, but not in Gotham or in Hollywood.

"Farewell, but Not Goodbye." That's the start of a social media post on Instagram made on Wednesday from the host of a wake-up radio program targeting Black consumers that is concluding its run as a Reach Media-syndicated offering after 27 years of broadcasts.

She's a veteran sales leader, and she is returning to Cox Media Group's Tulsa properties after three years away. “I’m thrilled and honored to have the opportunity to work again with this experienced and successful team at CMG Tulsa,” says Lina Cravotto.

The world has lost "a wunderkind of the media advertising industry as soon as he entered it over 30 years ago." Michael Lolito, the founder and CEO of Media IQ (today known as MiQ), died on Monday after a prolonged battle with lymphoma. He was 57 years old. 

It is known across the Radio industry as a provider of AI-driven revenue, audience, and content growth products for broadcasters and digital publishers. Now, Cleveland-based Futuri is welcoming a National Account Manager and a Director of Partner Support for Sales Intelligence to its employee roster.