Alexa Whiteside Joins Hearst Media Production Group As Business Affairs VP

Her background includes experience in entertainment law, working with Netflix, Peacock, Discovery+, Freeform,CNN, Sony Pictures Television and the Sundance Institute. In addition, she was a filmmaker and holds credits as an independent producer, unit production manager and casting associate, among other roles.

Hearst, Sunwise Media Make Plans To Reimagine Saturday Morning TV

Success with Globetrotters series leads to a partnership to develop “inspiring” educational and informational programming.

Talking TV: The Harlem Globetrotters Bring It Back To TV

Keith Dawkins, president of the Harlem Globetrotters, talks with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp about the team’s return to TV with Play It Forward and how the beloved, near-century-old franchise is connecting with new generations across multiple media. A full transcript of the conversation is included.

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a director of creative services, several sales managers, a digital content manager, executive news producers, a weekend anchor, an MMJ and a business affairs VP.

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a part-time administrative assistant in New York City and a partnership marketing specialist in Charlotte, N.C.

Tenth Season of Hearst Media Production Group’s ‘Lucky Dog’ Premieres Jan. 7 On CBS

Lucky Dog, an Emmy-winning pet show airing weekends on CBS and produced by Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), will begin its 10th season Jan. 7 — and HMPG and CBS will celebrate the milestone with special episodes and events. Lucky Dog is hosted by husband-and-wife team Eric and Rashi Khanna Wiese and sponsored by Blue Buffalo. In […]

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a standards & practices specialist, a meteorologist, news producer, digital content producer and a digital content manager.

American Council Of The Blind Salutes Audio Description Award Winners

The American Council of the Blind’s 2022 Audio Description Awards Gala premiered on Nov. 29 on www.AdAwardsGala.org and Pluto TV. “We are proud to host the second annual Audio Description Awards Gala to recognize excellence in audio described content and celebrate the growing commitment to accessible media for people who are blind and low vision,” said ACB’s Executive Director Eric Bridges. […]

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a commercial producer/director, a creative services director, a research director and a senior producer.

Hearst Media Production Group Launches New FAST Channel, Rovr Pets

Pet lovers have a new destination for entertaining and award-winning programming to engage them with one of their true joys. Rovr Pets launches today on Samsung TV Plus in the U.S. Rovr Pets marks the third FAST channel from Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), an independent producer and distributor of original programming.  Rovr Pets features hundreds of hours […]

Maria Thrasher Joins Hearst Media Production Group

The media sales and marketing veteran is tapped to be a business partnerships and development executive.

Talking TV: Ginger Zee On Preparing Viewers For Disaster

TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Ginger Zee, chief meteorologist for ABC and co-host of Hearst Media Production Group’s Hearts of Heroes, along with fellow host Sheldon Yellen, about broadcast’s role in disaster preparedness and the frontline workers whose stories they tell in the show. A full transcript of the conversation is included.

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an affiliate relations director, general sales manager, creative services writer/editor/producer, news producer, national sales manager, creative services director and account executive.

‘Hearts Of Heroes,’ Celebrating First Responders, Launches Fourth Season July 2 On ABC Stations

Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), an independent producer and distributor of original programming, today announced the launch of the fourth season of Hearts of Heroes, the award-winning program showcasing the heroic work of first responders in the aftermath of manmade and natural disasters. The program airs on ABC stations as part of “Weekend Adventure,” an educational/informational programming block […]

Hearst Media Production Group, Curiosity Partner To Launch ‘Oddly Satisfying Science’

Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), an independent producer and distributor of original programming, and Curiosity, a global factual entertainment media company, are partnering on an original unscripted program set for a world premiere on Curiosity’s flagship streaming service Curiosity Stream. Oddly Satisfying Science (OSS), a 10-episode series debuting later this year, features top social influencers known for science, […]

Hearst Media Production Group Expands Business Development Team

Jacqueline Wickert has joined Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) and Laura Bradley has been promoted, both to the new position of business partnerships and development executive.  Wickert and Bradley report to Amy DeGregorio, HMPG senior vice president, managing director of sales for educational/informational (E/I) programming. Wickert — an Emmy-winning entertainment executive — previously worked for eight […]

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings in Virginia and North Carolina for a meteorologist, a general sales manager and a sales director.

‘Innovation Nation’ To Celebrate 200th Episode On CBS

The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation, for nearly a decade a mainstay of CBS’s Saturday morning “The Dream Team” lineup, celebrates its 200th episode on April 30 — and its production company, Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), is marking the occasion with special content across the show’s social channels honoring the popular educational/informational program as well as longtime partner […]

Jessica Mathies Named VP, Development At Hearst Media Production Group

She will focus on unscripted program development for television stations, broadcast and cable networks and streaming services. She’ll also supervise creative production on series pilots as well as the first season of new unscripted series.

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an engineering director, IT administrator, digital sales manager, assistant news director, two executive producers, two business development executives, a news producer, social media producer, anchor/producer, general sales manager and broadcast engineer.

Amy DeGregorio, Andrew Tew Promoted At Hearst Media Production Group

Amy DeGregorio and Andrew Tew have been promoted to expanded sales, marketing and distribution roles at Hearst Media Production Group, formed in September 2021 to advance Hearst Television’s original program production and distribution. DeGregorio has been named senior vice president, managing director of sales for educational/informational (E/I) programming. She previously was senior vice president, client solutions for […]

Hearst Media Production Group Announces Senior Leadership Team

Litton Entertainment to be rebranded as Hearst Media Production Group and will be led by Bryan Curb, Angelica Rosas McDaniel and Chris Matthews.

Frank Biancuzzo Named President Of New Hearst Media Production Group

The company promotes Biancuzzo from EVP and group head to lead the new business unit that will develop and produce original programming for distribution to television stations, broadcast and cable networks and streaming services.