TV2025

Station Groups Notch Lessons As Collaborations Proliferate

News executives at Nexstar, E.W. Scripps, Sinclair, Fox Television Stations and ABC Owned Stations told a TVNewsCheck panel last week that collaborating more frequently between stations and their national news products is yielding important lessons about people and tech, not to mention better quality news.

TVN’S NEWSROOM INNOVATORS

Scripps’ ‘Executive Reporters’ Light The Way For Upcoming Journalists

A new “executive reporter” position at E.W. Scripps stations provides storytelling tutelage for younger journalists via close daily collaboration, a model the company hopes will strengthen its reporting corps. Pictured, Channing Frampton at the WTXL Tallahassee.

TV2025: Collaboration And The Future Of Content Creation And Monetization

Leaders from E.W. Scripps, Sinclair, Fox Television Stations, ABC Owned Television Stations, Nexstar and Avid will discuss how cross-group collaborations and content sharing have ushered in a new era of efficiencies and content ROI at TVNewsCheck’s TV2025: Monetizing the Future Conference at the NAB Show New York on Oct. 25. Register here.

Scripps Names Littleton New Head Of Local Media, Makes Other Appointments

The company promotes Dean Littleton from VP-GM of its KMGH Denver to SVP, directing the operations of all Scripps’ television stations.

KMGH To Fight Landmark Effort For Building

Dean Littleton, general manager of Scripps-owned ABC affiliate KMGH Denver, says he doesn’t want the station’s building designated as a landmark and he’s letting everyone know about it. In a letter on the station’s website, Littleton holds no punches in saying why he’s going to court in May to fight an application submitted by three Denver residents to landmark the 1960s-era building.

DMA 17

Dean Littleton Named KMGH Denver GM

E.W. Scripps chooses the former GM of WATE Knoxville, Tenn., to head its ABC affiliate in Colorado.

DMA 61

Dean Littleton Named GM Of WATE Knoxville

The former general sales manager at the market’s CBS affiliate is moving to the top slot at Young’s ABC affiliate.