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December 27, 2015

Greetings: I hope your holidays were happy and safe from the bad weather that ravaged some of the country. It was likely a happy holiday for THREE people who landed new ND jobs this week. And there’s just ONE new opening that I know of. Our count of open ND jobs stands at 20. ONE of those open ND jobs is among our TWO paid help wanted ads. Broadcasting and Cable Magazine issued some “Best of the Year’ awards in several categories, and both the GMs honored are former news directors. More on that in Names in the News, along [More]

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December 13, 2015

Greetings: TWO new news director openings, both in large markets, top this week’s report. And there’s ONE newly hired news director to tell you about, leaving our list of open news director jobs at just 19. There are FIVE Paid Help Wanted ads, all for news managers in a wide variety of markets. In Names in the News, a new news recruiter for Scripps, the retirement of a longtime talent executive at Magid, a Spanish language group cancels morning newscasts at all its stations, and a promotion in Wichita. We’ll also tell you about the deaths of a longtime Florida [More]

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October 18, 2015

Greetings: THREE seems to be the number this week, with THREE new news director openings, and THREE newly filled ND jobs. So our count of open jobs remains at 29. TWO of those open ND jobs are included among FOUR Paid Help Wanted ads in this week’s report. If you’re looking for a management job, we’ve freshened our list of those openings. And we have a few items in Names in the News and GM News. All that and more as you read on… New News Director Openings: KVVU-TV, Las Vegas, NV…after almost ten years as ND for this Meredith owned [More]

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October 11, 2015

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 UPDATE: A surprise tonight from Las Vegas, where a veteran news director has been fired after almost ten years on the job. ADAM BRADSHAW left KVVU-TV today. He’d been the ND for that Meredith owned FOX affiliate since June, 2006. Here’s the very honest memo he sent to the staff. Adam’s a former ND in Rochester, NY, and Salt Lake City. He’s also worked in Los Angeles, San Diego and for another Las Vegas station. Adam was the ‘dean’ of Las Vegas news directors. That honorific now goes to KSNV-TV News Director MARK NEERMAN, who’s been [More]

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