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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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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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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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Wednesday, July 8, 2015 UPDATE: A veteran Florida news director is stepping down from his post, and making an unusual career change within the station. PETER ROGHAAR, who’s been ND for Tegna’s WTSP-TV in Tampa since December, 2009 (way back when the company was known as Gannett) will become an account executive for this CBS affiliate in October. His note to his staff says he’s always had a strong interest in the business side of the industry. He’s also been an ND in West Palm Beach for almost ten years, and has worked in newsrooms in Boston, Atlanta, Miami and [More]
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