Media News

On February 8, RBR+TVBR was first to report the sale by United Communications of its three TV stations to Gray Television for $45 million. On Tuesday, it appointed new leaders for those stations, with two located in Watertown, N.Y., and the third property in Mankato, Minn.

The company to be spun-off in connection with 21st Century Fox’s merger with The Walt Disney Company has named its Chief Investor Relations Officer and EVP/Corporate Initiatives. At the same time, Fox Television Stations has a new CFO starting March 1.

Salem Media Group has given greater responsibilities to the individual who has been serving as GM of its Sacramento station group by promoting him to Regional Vice President.

A member of both the Utah and Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame and the owner, until July 2018, of a Class C1 County station serving a rural portion of the Silver State has passed away. The funeral is set for Wednesday in the Salt Lake City area.

Kevin Godwin knows a thing or two about some of the largest markets of the Mountain West, thanks to 25 years of management experience that includes roles at Citadel Broadcasting and Peak Broadcasting. Now, he's a SVP at the company he joined as a Regional VP some six years ago.

Walmart's board of directors has appointed the chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises as a new independent director to the company’s board, effective immediately.

Pikes Peak is clearly visible from most of Colorado Springs, especially at this time of year. For Jessica Farias, a different kind of peak has arrived for her in this city to the south of Denver. 

Telemundo has bulked up its Washington, D.C., presence by selecting a new Bureau Chief and a Senior Correspondent.  Both individuals are women, and they add to the addition two months ago of a male correspondent at the NBCUniversal-owned broadcast TV network.

A longtime media and business development executive has been select to serve as CEO of PodcastOne. He'll manage all day-to-day operations, while exploring growth opportunities, strategic partnerships and new content initiatives.

Brian Wieser has become known as one of the top voices among Wall Street's financial observers. As Senior Research Analyst of Advertising at Pivotal Research Group, he raised the blood pressure of many by declaring television as "the worst form of advertising except all those others which have been tried" for those with awareness-based goals. Now, Wieser is poised to be a major influencer at one of the world's largest media buyers.

Sales leadership veterans Shayna Sharpe and AJ Vaughan have joined the TopLine team at Futuri Media, which handles audience engagement and sales intelligence technology for broadcast media companies.

There's a new Legal Communications & Marketing Specialist for Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth. Concurrently, Wiley Rein is welcoming a commercial litigation attorney as a partner in its Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT) Practice.

The Senior Economic Analyst and Washington Bureau Chief for Bankrate.com will be the keynote speaker for Media Financial Management Association’s (MFM) Localism Event on February 12. Here are the details.

The woman who has served as Director of Interactive Marketing at Beasley Media Group is being promoted to the role of VP/Digital Marketing.

A Gray Television station that it acquired from Hoak Media in November 2013 — one with NBC programming on its main signal and CBS programming on its DT-2 signal — has selected a longtime news director to serve as ND and GM of the operation.