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The EVP/CFO of the Radio Advertising Bureau, the VP/CFO of Graham Media Group, and the VP/Corporate Controller of Hubbard Broadcasting have been chosen to serve as the co-chairs for the Media Financial Management Association’s (MFM’s) 2021 CFO Summit. Scheduled for March 11-12, this year’s two-day event will be held virtually.

On March 12, iHeartMedia promoted a 20-year sales veteran to the new role of SVP/Multicultural Sales for its Markets Group.We now know who is succeeding Nicky Sparrow in her former role as the head of iHeart's North Florida station group, headquartered in this fast-growing metropolis.

There'll soon be a new person responsible for overseeing the content, sales, brand, and operations across all platforms — as well as defining and executing the vision and strategy — at a TEGNA property in the Lone Star State.

The NAB Leadership Foundation has elected to present its 2021 Corporate Leadership Award to Procter & Gamble — an honor the leading linear media advertiser will receive during the televised Celebration of Service to America Awards, airing July 10 on selected broadcast stations.

Stephanie McNamara Bitis on Friday was sentenced to 15 months in a federal prison facility and has been ordered to pay $302,585.01 in restitution for using a credit card associated with her former role at Long Island Radio Broadcasting in order to pay for various personal expenses. They include expenses tied to a boat and for a trip to the Caribbean.

Hearst Television is expanding its original program production and distribution capabilities with the creation of the Hearst Media Production Group. And, a longtime Hearst Television executive has been named president of the new group.

There's a new President for Katz Digital Video, the division within national ad sales operation Katz Media Group. It's an individual who first began his career in media sales in 1984, as a radio and television specialist working for President Reagan's reelection campaign.

He was a husband, a father, and a "Poppy." And, he was the founder and President of the Daystar Television Network. Marcus Lamb has passed away at the age of 64. The cause of death: COVID-19.

Radio imaging, voiceover, programming, podcasting and jingles company Benztown has appointed an East Coast Director of Commercial Production. It's an individual who was previously Creative Services Director for iHeartMedia radio stations in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, where she's been for the last nine years.

The London-based executive is responsible for the company’s product strategy and managing an extensive product team, expanding its portfolio of video fingerprinting, watermarking and monitoring offerings.

A general partner with a venture capital franchise focused on companies active in video game studios, NFTs, social platforms and financial marketplaces has taken a seat on the Board of Directors for the nation's largest creator and distributor of audio content.

TelevisaUnivision has selected an individual who will take a key international role for the Spanish-language multimedia giant—a woman who will also be charged with global growth of ViX.

Independent cross-media local advertising company Viamedia has promoted its SVP of Digital to the role of SVP of Convergent Video Partnerships. This puts him in charge of the company's cloud-based advertising product, which helps bring the digital and linear TV worlds together.

He leads the Hubbard Radio group in Phoenix, where he has served as VP/Market Manager since 2014. Now, he's adding similar duties for the company's Seattle-Tacoma properties.

Cumulus Media owns and operates eight radio stations in West Michigan, split evenly between Muskegon and Grand Rapids. As of today, the properties have a new Vice President/Market Manager.