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Graham Media’s Solutionaries is an experiment to grow a YouTube channel from zero based on solutions-based journalism. So far, so good. Overall views on Solutionaries’ YouTube channel are at 1.6 million.

The new agreement, NBCU says, “demonstrates the value of big media and big tech aligning to super-serve audiences the content they love and want, while providing incremental reach and scale for advertisers.”

Crime is a legitimate topic for news coverage because of concerns about the public’s safety. KING’S mission in Seattle is to “cover crime in a way that helps them be informed and empowered in ways that make sense,” says News Director Julie Wolfe.

WJZY Charlotte, N.C.’s Queen City News Hometown initiative takes its 5 p.m. news on the road every Wednesday. You can say you’re the hometown station, but being out in neighborhoods doing the news speaks volumes.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a group senior producer of creative services (work from home), two multimedia journalists and a general manager.

Kristina Schake, who joined Disney a little more than a year ago as EVP and chief communications officer, is getting a pay raise and a contract extension. In an SEC filing, the company said it made the moves due to an “increase in her responsibilities,” though it did not elaborate.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a marketing manager, marketing producer/editor, marketing photog/editor, anchor/reporter, multimedia reporter, producer and executive producer of news/entertainment.

Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled three tiers for its new Max service today. The pricing keeps Max in line with HBO Max, and at the top end of the entertainment streaming spectrum. A price hike several months ago by HBO Max made it the most expensive service among major streamers, and the new set of plans will keep it just ahead of Netflix’s most popular U.S. plan, which now costs $15.49 a month. The top-end plan also gives Max 4K functionality and up to four concurrent log-ins, both increasingly popular options for discerning streaming consumers.

Private equity firm KKR & Co. has agreed to buy a significant stake in FGS Global in a deal that values the financial communications group at about $1.4 billion. As part of the deal, KKR will buy up a 30% stake from senior employees at FGS Global and its largest investors, including London-based advertising giant WPP. WPP, which was founded by Martin Sorrell, will retain a majority stake in FGS Global.

WPVI Philadelphia turned the cameras on the women behind the scenes in the newsroom as part of Women’s History Month. “They are the foundation of Action News,” says Thomas Davis, WPVI’s VP and news director.

NBCU promotes the Southern California native to oversee community engagement and communications strategies for its Los Angeles NBC and Telemundo stations in a new, expanded role.

Effective immediately, Walt Disney Studios President of Marketing and 18-year studio vet, Asad Ayaz, has been named the first chief brand officer of The Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger just announced the news Thursday. In this newly created position reporting to Iger, Ayaz will be responsible for stewarding and elevating the Disney brand globally across the entire ecosystem of company touchpoints and consumer experiences.

WQAD Moline, Ill., came up with a TV advertising campaign that was unique to the needs of Matt Wangelin, owner of Wangelin’s Auto. “It really works well for my type of business.”

Rob Dwyer, a longtime TV marketer, is the new GM at KCEN in Temple, Texas. What makes TV marketers good candidates to run stations? “We are the great collaborators,” Dwyer says.