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He's a member of the University of Notre Dame's Class of 1993 and is known as a highly regarded sports world leader who until now has served as Chairman of NBC Sports. As of July 1, Pete Bevacqua is heading back to South Bend, Ind.

He's a 20-year iHeartMedia sales veteran who most recently served as Division VP of Digital Sales for the company's stations and associated digital assets in Portland, Ore. Starting July 1, he'll be relocating to the busy I-4 corridor across Central Florida, overseeing sales for the company's stations in Orlando and fast-growing Brevard County.

The latest installment of the Alliance For Women in Media (AWM)'s Gracie Interview Series, which puts a spotlight on female media industry leaders who have broken glass ceilings, has been released. And, it features a conversation between two members of the AWM Foundation's leadership who are on the organization's Board of Directors.

"We have decided to reorganize the Communications structure and resources, which will allow the department to operate more nimbly and provide focused service to our internal and external clients." That's the word from TelevisaUnivision's Chief Administrative Officer, who has confirmed that its EVP of Communications will be leaving in July. 

High-performing sales teams don’t come together by chance. You need to offer a competitive compensation package to attract and retain top talent. That’s why this year's Hispanic Radio Conference has assembled an all-star panel to tell you how achieve elite production.

The iHeartMedia-owned WBZ-AM names a new Dir. of Programming and Operations and a new News Director, effective July 1. Why? The current Program Director and VP of News, Talk and Sports "will transition into an innovation focused consultant role."

Over the weekend, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) reached a tentative new three-year deal with TV and movie studios that the organization calls "historic." The negotiations took place amid the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.

The 2024 Olympics may still be more than a year away, but NBCUniversal has already started their first multi-platform campaign for the Paris games. "Save the Date" aims to use the brand's full range of promotional channels to boost the event, coming next July.

The ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike has brought all scripted television to a standstill. With late-night shows off the table and other productions stymied and stalled, Sports has been one clear beneficiary to the shift of advertising dollars.

After last month's announcement that Linda Yaccarino would be leaving NBCUniversal to become Twitter's CEO, the social media platform has nabbed another of the company's executives while more Twitter leaders jump ship in owner Elon Musk's wake.

One day after Meta threatened to pull all news from Facebook and Instagram if it is signed into law, the California Assembly voted on the California Journalism Preservation Act. The CJPA would require major tech companies to pay a usage fee for local journalists' content.

His journey started as a nine-year-old Oaxacan immigrant who settled in Northern California. Almost a half-century after co-founding his radio network in Fresno, CA, he is now the first Mexican-Indigenous recipient of an honorary doctorate from Harvard University.

He's been the host of daytime TV game show "Let's Make A Deal" since 2009 and has appeared on numerous other programs. On June 6, he'll be feted by the NABLF with his receipt of its Service to America Leadership Award. 

It's a newly created role, one in which a co-founder and CEO of a venture-backed membership network to educate and support executives in the ESG and DEI space will be responsible "for driving cross-functional alignment around strategy and vision for enterprise partnerships, corporate partners, and key stakeholders" across NBCUniversal Advertising & Partnerships.

The longest serving member of NABOB’s Board of Directors passed away earlier this month after battling cancer. Wright joined Inner City Broadcasting Corporation in 1980 as General Counsel and joined the NABOB Board of Directors as Counsel to the Board that same year. She was later promoted to EVP of ICBC.