Lionsgate Alternative Television will encompass the studio’s unscripted TV brands like Pilgrim Media Group, Blackfin, Renegade, Daisybeck Studios and more recently Entertainment One after the acquisition of key film and TV assets from Hasbro.
After serving as head of genre development at the e-commerce giant/streamer, Wax has joined Disney and will serve as EVP international original television and report to Eric Schrier, president of Disney TV Studios and global original TV strategy. (Photo courtesy John Duarte)
The streaming veteran is tapped to fill a newly created role “working closely with the executives of News, Stations, CBS Media Ventures, Sports and all other studio and division heads,” according to Wendy McMahon, CEO of CBS News and Stations.
Station managers, a new role at Scripps, help with the station’s day-to-day operations and serve as department heads. The latest additions are Whitney Grover, KJRH Tulsa, Okla.; Autumn Jones, WFTX Fort Myers, Fla.; and Vicki Bradley, WTXL Tallahassee, Fla.
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The Emmy-winning anchor of Inside Edition will be honored during the foundation’s Golden Mic Gala and Fundraiser in March.
He moves up from the company’s sports and digital offerings to oversee sales and revenue growth strategies for all of Sinclair’s television stations; networks, including Tennis Channel; and Compulse, Sinclair’s marketing technology and managed services company.
Kevin Negandhi may not be the most controversial sports host at ESPN — no one’s heard him slam executives on air or suggest he needs a higher salary — but he is making a name for himself as one of the show-iest. There may be no format or program that Negandhi cannot handle. He may get the chance to try his hand at a few more things in months to come. ESPN has extended Negandhi’s contract so that he will celebrate more than 20 years at the Disney sports-media giant under his next term.
Hearst Television CBS affiliate KCCI Des Moines, Iowa has added Jon Rivas as the new meteorologist on KCCI 8 News This Morning. He joins anchors Alyx Sacks, Eric Hanson and Scott […]
The former NAB executive will oversee the company’s “comprehensive legislative and regulatory strategy to support the policy and advocacy goals.”
He joins Rosanna Scotto on the Jan. 16. Menefee will continue co-hosting the award-winning Fox NFL pregame show Fox NFL Sunday.
Lythgoe is also co-creator and executive producer of the Fox dance competition series, whose 18th season is set to start in March.
Broadcasters Foundation establishes the Philip J. Lombardo Memorial Fund in his honor.
CEO David Zaslav announced the news in a memo to staff Friday. Variety has learned Brown decided to step down himself, following his tenure getting the company through its merger between the legacy Discovery and WarnerMedia, which closed in April 2022. A respected communications veteran, Brown also led the PR strategy for the launch of Max, the combined HBO Max and Discovery+ streamer, in May 2023.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters died in a plane crash near a tiny private island in the eastern Caribbean, according to […]
Sinclair ABC affiliates WICS-WICD Springfield, Ill. has hired Dawn Sterling. She will join Stacey Skrysak on the evening news desk. With a background and extensive experience in Central Illinois, “Sterling […]
The 40-year industry icon is taking on a leadership role in his church.
He joins from WNCT Greenville, N.C., to oversee journalism at the Nexstar Virgina ABC affiliate.
