Graham’s Catherine Badalamente, Sinclair’s Chris Ripley and Allen Media’s Princell Hair address issues and possible answers to “make sure we’re there when consumers are looking for us — and they’re finding us.” (Photo by Joe Zaller)
Broadcast is still a “very viable” business with plenty of room for a synergistic coexistence between linear and streaming.
Top executives from Sinclair, Graham Media Group and Allen Media Broadcasting will offer their outlook on their multimedia future, AI’s industry-transforming power, weathering economic headwinds and much more in TVNewsCheck’s centerpiece annual panel at TV2025: Monetizing the Future conference at the NAB Show New York on Oct. 25. Register here.
The veteran media executive will also hold title of executive vice president of parent Allen Media Group.
Princell Hair, newly-installed CEO off the fledging Black News Channel, brings a wealth of general management experience to a venture that had the bad luck to launch in the pandemic. One of his biggest challenges is the network’s COVID-stunted reach.
The former NBC and CNN executive joins J.C. Watts to lead the 24-hour news network.