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Monday, December 19, 2016 UPDATE: To no one’s great surprise, Hearst Television wasted little time in filling the news director vacancy at WCVB-TV, its Boston ABC affiliate. PAIGE HARRISON, a longtime Hearst employee who’s spent the last 4 + years as ND for the company’s WPBF-TV (ABC) in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, will replace ANDREW VREES at WCVB. She’s been with Hearst for almost 14 years, and previously has worked for the company in Orlando, Pittsburgh, and Oklahoma City. The Boston Business Journal has more. Andrew’s being promoted to a VP/News role for Hearst. He’ll be based in Boston. Given [More]
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016 UPDATE: Greetings: A veteran news director returns to ‘the corner office’ with a job in New York state. DAN SALAMONE has been named News Director for WTEN/WXXA-TV in Albany, NY. That’s an ABC/FOX duopoly. WTEN is now owned by Media General, but, of course, about to be acquired by Nexstar. It operates WXXA for owner Shield Media. Dan most recently was the morning EP for FOX’s WFLD-TV in Chicago. He spent more than nine years as ND for WOIO/WUAB-TV in Cleveland, and has been a News Director/Station Manager in Portland, OR, and Albuquerque, and a news [More]
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016 UPDATE: Greetings: The long vacant news director opening at Scripps’ WCPO-TV in Cincinnati is filled with what some might consider a surprise hire. CHIP MAHANEY, an eight year Scripps veteran who’s been the company’s first national Director of News Recruitment, will be this ABC affiliate’s next news director. Here’s the news release. Chip has a strong background in digital news operations, fitting for this station with its heavy emphasis on digital. This CJR story explains that. He’s a former ND in Richmond, spent eleven years as a Managing Editor in Dallas, and worked in Oklahoma City, [More]
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Greetings: As those of you who receive this publication via email know (because of UPDATES sent you this week), it’s been busy. Really busy. As in SIX new news director openings, with FOUR newly named news directors. All of those from Tegna, and all first time NDs, including hires in two top 20 markets. So…our list of open ND jobs jumps to 28. ONE of those openings is featured in a Paid Help Wanted ad this week. We have the complete list of the National Edward R. Murrow Awards, as well as an award for a Denver station from the [More]
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