Nexstar Extends Contracts Of Sean Compton, Dana Zimmer

The veteran executives oversee key Nexstar growth drivers.

Nexstar Promotes Dana Zimmer To Distribution President

She will oversee the group’s retransmission consent agreements with MVPDs and virtual-MVPDs, as well as content negotiations with the company’s television network partners.

Tribune Picks Zimmer To Head Distribution

Tribune Co. has tapped Dana Zimmer at Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit to be its president of distribution. Zimmer will oversee relationships between Tribune’s television properties and pay-TV distributors including cable operators and satellite broadcasters. Tribune owns 23 stations and the national cable network WGN America.