The event and publishing executive says she’s next looking for “a new opportunity with a global scope.”
She oversaw the production of Blue’s Clues and drew on her own childhood for The Backyardigans, in which five cartoon animals imagine their yard as a place of otherworldly adventure.
Hudock will supervise the communications strategy and media outreach for the entire MSNBC portfolio, including Morning Joe, the network’s daytime MSNBC Reports programs, primetime shows and talent, weekend coverage and longform productions, as well as non-linear content and live events. He will also serve as the principal communications lead for MSNBC President Rashida Jones. Hudock will continue to report to Stephen Labaton, EVP of communications for NBCUniversal News Group.
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Trade association IABM has appointed Darren Whitehead to director of sales and marketing. In his new, expanded role, Whitehead will be responsible for the strategies, activities and performance of all […]
After anchoring with Gray Television’s Northern News Now (the Duluth, Minn., region’s NBC, CBS, CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates) for nearly two years, veteran journalist Paul Brown has been promoted to […]
The Broadcasters Foundation of America bestowed its Golden Mike Award to Hearst Corp. EVP and COO Jordan Wertlieb and its Lifetime Achievement Award to journalist and Inside Edition Anchor Deborah Norville. A packed grand ballroom at New York’s Plaza hotel resonated with the memory of longtime BFOA Chair Phil Lombardo, who died early this year. Pictured (l-r): Scott Herman, BFOA chairman; Jordan Wertlieb; and Tim McCarthy, BFOA president (Renee Cassis photo).
Austin Stowell (Catch-22 TV series) is taking on Mark Harmon’s signature NCIS character Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Stowell has been cast as young Gibbs in CBS’s new drama NCIS: Origins, a prequel to the venerable procedural, which has a straight-to-series order for the 2024-25 broadcast season. CBS Studios is producing.
Both men — bounced from running NBCUniversal and CNN, respectively, over sex scandals — now find themselves at private equity firm RedBird Capital, which is behind Skydance Media’s ongoing machinations to take over Shari Redstone’s struggling Paramount entertainment empire.
Mortensen announced in 2016 that he he had been diagnosed with throat cancer. Even while undergoing treatment, he was the first to confirm the retirement of Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning.
Multimedia journalists Cameron Dobbs and Ana Isabel Hume are the new hosts of WSFL’s long-running original lifestyle program Inside South Florida on Scripps CW affiliate WSFL Miami. “As we aim […]
Letitia Walker Named WBRZ Baton Rouge News Director
The company promotes Kate O’Brian to president of news, overseeing all news operations across Scripps’ local media stations, Scripps News and Court TV.
The broadcast executive is tapped by Sinclair to lead its WCYB (NBC/CW) and WEMT (Fox) in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia, which includes Bristol, Va./Johnson City-Kingsport, Tenn.
For the past 10 years, Sandra Perez has been a presence in the newsroom at KSTS, serving in various capacities, including assistant news director, managing editor, senior producer and morning content producer.
Holly Brantley To Anchor Late News At KBSI
The broadcasting executive with nearly 30 years of management, sales and marketing experience to lead KRBK and KOZL.
The Comedy Central talk show saw a big jump from the 1.85 million same-day figure.
