Meet Nexstar’s Digital Strategy Chief
The Digital Division of Nexstar Media Group has promoted its Connecticut-based VP of Strategy and Business Intelligence to the role of Chief Strategy Officer and EVP/Strategy & Data for the digital segment of the broadcast TV station owner.
On shopping for an HD Radio….
Yesterday I was in the neighborhood of Austin’s huge electronics store, Fry’s, so I had to stop in. In it they sell everything from refrigerators to alligator clips. It’s so big they’ve put a
Zeam Media Chooses A Known Person As CMO
The former Known VP/Client Experience will report to Jack Perry, CEO of Zeam Media. She will oversee all facets of marketing for Zeam Media and streaming platform Zeam, including growth, brand, content and innovation.
Pandora: Gaining Users…Losing Listening
While Ando Media has been releasing Internet Radio numbers since 2005, the company has repeatedly made changes to how it gathers and tabulates
Radio Hall of Fame Unveils Latest ‘Legends’
The Museum of Broadcast Communications has announced the 2025 Legends inductees into the Radio Hall of Fame. The honor recognizes on-air personalities, programmers, and executives who made lasting contributions to radio and have since passed away.
Democrats getting ready to tee up campaign finance bill
Seeking to keep a lid on corporate and PAC spending on elections in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United ruling, Democrats in the Senate and House are working in
Supremes will hear FCC indecency appeal
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC rules on indecent broadcast content are unconstitutionally vague and put the
A New Nexstar Leader in Georgia’s Coastal Empire
With Marc Hefner's recent rise to the VP/GM role at The CW Network affiliate in Dallas, Nexstar Media Group needed to fill Hefner's chair in Savannah, Ga. It just did, turning to a 30-year veteran who has been in Columbus, Ga., for the past nine years.
Entravision Ups Melendez To Lead Local Media Sales
Local sales organization changes have been made at Entravision Communications. This sees the promotion of Eddie Melendez to President of Local Media Sales. At the same time, there's a new RVP of Local Media Sales, and new SVPs/Sales in Las Vegas and in Midland-Odessa, Tex.
Consumers slow to start Holiday shopping
Retailers who are concerned that holiday sales aren't living up to expectations needn't worry: shoppers are off to a slow start. According to the...
Blacks often mis-defined in the mass media
Who is in charge of checking racial stereotyping in the mass media was the subject of the provocative workshop, “Gatekeepers – Who’s Responsible for African American Images In The Mass Media?” – held at the 2014 National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention & Career Fair in Boston.
Crossman Is Good Karma’s Choice to Lead Cleveland
Recently, Good Karma Brands promoted Sam Pines to a corporate-level role of SVP. This left the top leadership spot open in Cleveland, where it operates the market's ESPN Radio affiliate. Pines' successor in the market has now been named.
ABC News, Television Stations Group unveil new iPad apps
ABC News and the ABC Owned Television Stations Group released extensive new updates to the award-winning ABC News App and the ABC Owned Television...
Pay No Attention to that Country Behind the Curtain
The tenuous situation in Greece, and its implications for the entire Eurozone
YEA! A Sales EVP Is Upped To President
The independently owned radio and podcast company has promoted a former Townsquare Media VP to the newly created position. He will oversee such YEA Networks syndicated radio programs as "The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show" and "Tino Cochino Radio."