The Trian Group’s Nelson Peltz has formally asked Disney shareholders to elect himself, as well as former Disney executive Jay Rasulo, to the company’s board of directors at the annual meeting this spring. The activist investor, who is allied with Ike Perlmutter, holds a war chest of about $3 billion-worth of Disney stock. Trian, in its own proxy statement today that followed Disney’s earlier this week reiterated complaints about Bob Iger’s leadership and Disney “significantly underperformed its peers and its potential.”
The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt is launching Sunday, March 3, at 10 a.m. ET.
She joins from Great American Media and will oversee the Nexstar network’s distribution as well as affiliate relations with station groups.
Scripps promotes her from senior director of sales to help with day-to-day operations and lead sales at the California NBC affiliate.
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Ruth Ashton Taylor, a trailblazing journalist who was the first female newscaster to work in television on the West Coast, has died. She was 101. […]
The veteran stage and television actress played the savvy Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners, providing the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband, sewer worked Ed Norton. She was the last surviving main character of the beloved comedy from television’s golden age of the 1950s. Pictured: Randolph in 1990 (Richard Drew/AP)
He spent nearly 40 years writing for The Washington Post and was known for his incisive and barbed commentary.
Sandra Bookman, who has been a weekend anchor at ABC’s WABC New York for more than two decades, moves to Eyewitness News At Noon where she’ll anchor weekdays with David Novarro. […]
The dismissal of a beloved editor and Pulitzer-winning journalist raises questions about the future of the well-funded Houston Landing, and nonprofit news in general.
Gray Television moves up The NBC, BC and CW stations’ former general sales manager.
The 19-year-old daughter of NFL Hall of Famer and “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan is undergoing treatment for brain cancer. Isabella Strahan appeared on a prerecorded videotape segment sitting […]
Fox O&O WFLD Chicago will debut a new anchor lineup for its Good Day Chicago” morning show on Jan. 22. Anthony Ponce and Anita Blanton will anchor 4:30-7 a.m., followed […]
CBS has unveiled its new structure for unscripted and specials following the departure of Jack Sussman who was EVP, specials, music, live events and alternative programming, CBS Entertainment. In his place, Mitch Graham, as EVP, alternative, will oversee unscripted and Mackenzie Mitchell will lead its specials team.
For decades, the biggest star at ESPN was ESPN. That’s changing as it transitions from cable dominance to a much less certain streaming future.
Sussman, EVP, specials, music, live events and alternative programming, CBS Entertainment, is stepping down but will remain in business with the network as an exec producer of both The Tony Awards and The Kennedy Center Honors.
The company ups more than 30 executives. CEO Chris Ripley recognizes “their outstanding contributions, we also reinforce our commitment to cultivating and promoting top-tier talent within Sinclair as we continue to evolve and transform our organization.”
He is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of Sinclair’s comprehensive legislative and regulatory strategy to support the station group’s policy and advocacy goals.
