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Greetings: Welcome to your super edition of our weekly newsletter. (If I use a lower case ‘s’ in super, will I still get sued by a certain league?) We have TWO newly named ND’s in this week’s edition, and TWO new vacancies, including one caused by the promotion of a veteran ND to GM. That brings our count of open ND jobs to 23. There are FIVE paid help wanted ads this week, including an interesting recruiting position at a major group owner. Another group owner is searching for a Washington bureau chief, and RTDNA seeks a new executive director. [More]
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Greetings: Happy New Year! As you’d expect, pretty slow this week. NO newly opened news director jobs, while ONE station announced a new ND. That moves our list of open ND jobs to 23. We welcome a new annual advertiser this week, as Sinclair Broadcast Group supports this newsletter with a series of recruiting ads that you’ll be seeing in the weeks and months ahead. And we have THREE other paid help wanted ads in this issue. As you probably know, today’s was the day of an affiliate change in Boston, and we have the latest in a story from [More]
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Greetings: And my holiday gift to you is…this newsletter, delivered a day early. You weren’t seriously expecting anything else, were you? For a short week leading into a holiday, seems like we have a lot to tell you. For instance, there are THREE new news director openings. TWO stations hired new news directors. Our list of open ND jobs moves slightly higher, to 24. ONE of those open ND jobs is among our FIVE paid help wanted ads. Speaking of FIVE, there are that many items in our General Manager news section. And in Names in the News, we’ll tell [More]
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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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