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Friday, April 12, 2019 UPDATE: Greetings: I’m sorry to report that a longtime Associated Press executive (and a multi-time news director) lost his battle with cancer today. LARRY PRICE died this morning at his Rhode Island home. He was 71 and passed away with his family, including his wife of 49 years, Charlene, at his side. Larry’s former AP colleague BOB YOUNG wrote this obituary for us. And Larry’s Linkedin page has details on his career…which included 25 years at the AP and 25 years in local news, including ND stints in Minneapolis and Providence among others. Funeral arrangements are [More]
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Greetings: A very busy week with lots to tell you about. There are THREE new news director openings, all at pretty well regarded stations. (One of those openings…in the second market) was created by a promotion to GM. And there are TWO new news directors, both getting their first ND jobs. (And check out the remarkable sidebar to one of those people.) That leaves our list of openings at 29. ONE of those 29 open ND jobs is among our THREE paid help wanted ads this week. There are TWO obituaries, one for a veteran CBS News executive who covered [More]
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 UPDATE: Greetings: A surprise mid-rating period resignation today from the news director of a top ten market station. MITCH JACOB, the news director for Sinclair’s WJLA-TV (ABC) in Washington, told the staff within the hour that he’s resigning. This email explains the reasons behind his departure. His last day will be this Friday, November 16th. He’s been ND there since October, 2014, and added station manager to his title last November. Mitch earlier served as the ND for Sinclair’s WSYX/WTTE-TV in Columbus, Oh, and also was an ND in Toledo and Phoenix. More on this…and all [More]
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Greetings: TWO up, TWO down is normally used in baseball conversations, but that’s the score of news director changes this week. TWO newly named NDs (one at a network o-and-o) and TWO new openings. Our always unofficial count of open news director jobs stands at 30. ONE of those open ND jobs is featured among our FIVE Paid Help Wanted Ads this week. There’s ONE obituary for a longtime educator who help launch the careers of hundreds of broadcasters. There’s a flurry of GM changes, many at Tegna stations, and there are FIVE news managers on the move. Read on [More]
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