Media News

The Media Financial Management Association Annual Conference has concluded, and with the close of the three-day event was the announcement that the EVP/Chief Accounting Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery has been elected to serve as the association's Chair of the Board for 2023-2024.

He's served as Syncbak/VUit's VP of Affiliate Relations and Content, focused on the OTT service bringing local newscasts to viewers across the U.S. Before that, he was VP/GM of the owner of "9&10 News" in Cadillac, Mich. As of today, this individual is now reporting to Sinclair Broadcast Group's Rob Weisbord.

Television advertisement measurement specialist iSpot has appointed a data science leader and advertising industry expert with a role at the former Nielsen Catalina on her resumé as its new Chief Revenue Officer.

The News Director at Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned ABC affiliate WLOS-13, serving western North Carolina, has accepted a similar position at CBS News and Stations' owned-and-operated TV station serving the Twin Cities.  He'll start his new duties on November 27, replacing Kari Patey, who is rising to a newly created role.

There's a newly restructured "data journalism" team in place at CBS News & Stations, and President of Content Development and Integration Adrienne Roark has revealed who will be heading the group.

He's been serving as the interim General Manager for the ABC affiliate serving Texas' state capital on Channel 33 and before that was in a similar role for KBMT-12 in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tex., the dual ABC/NBC affiliate. Now, he's being given the permanent President/GM role for the Austin station.

She joined the ABC Owned Stations West Coast flagship, KABC-7, in 1994 to lead the Eyewitness News team and is today the President/GM of the station. Come March 31, she'll no longer be in the role, and is heading into retirement.

Since 1971, she has held a strong presence at the radio stations she's been associated with. This includes 15 years at the NPR Member station serving the Tampa Bay region and its Classical companion serving Sarasota-Bradenton. By the end of this year, retirement will be her key focus.

A Media Services Group Managing Director based in Chicago will moderate a 2024 NAB Show session devoted to the radio and television M&A landscape, building on a conversation he had as a Forecast 2024 panelist in November.

The MVPD-distributed news and information network owned by Nexstar Media Group has named its President of News to a larger role as President of Programming & Specials. At the same time, it is promoting from within to select a President and Managing Editor of News & Politics.

He's been with the stations presently owned by Beasley Media Group in the City of Brotherly Love since 2002. Now, he's rising from VP/Director of Sales to Cluster Manager.

Actor and musician John Stamos has since the start of 2024 served as the spokesperson for a local TV-focused streaming app now adding its own content. As of today, Stamos is earning a promotion at Zeam Media.

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.

DataCore-owned media workflow product vendor Perifery plans to showcase its "comprehensive workflow solution," an offering that integrates storage, asset management, applications, and artificial intelligence functionality, at the 2024 NAB Show New York.

The founder and President/CEO of Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) will be the focal point of a special tribute during the opening ceremony of this year's XXI World Summit on Political Communication, a major event in the Spanish-speaking media world taking place at Florida International University later this month.