Amagi Appoints Richard Perkett Chief Product Officer

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV (CTV), today named Richard Perkett its chief product officer. He brings more than 25 years of experience […]

WXIA’s Kristie Anderson To Receive RTDNA’s 2024 Loren Tobia Leadership Award

The assistant news director at WXIA Atlanta will be recognized at RTDNA24 in Milwaukee, June 12-14.

Q&A

A Conversation With White House Correspondents’ Association President Kelly O’Donnell

Advocating for her press corps colleagues has become a second full-time job for NBC News’ senior White House correspondent.

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Italian Hotel Staff Pranks Rainn Wilson With Jell-O A La ‘The Office’

KTVI St. Louis Reporter Mitch McCoy Leaving TV For Government Job

Brooke Shields Announces Run For President Of Actors’ Equity

KTBC Austin Photographer Arrested At UT Protest

Anchor Farrah Walton Joins KEYE Austin

Reporter Camilla Rambaldi Joins KNBC Los Angeles

Steve Carell To Star Opposite Tina Fey In Netflix’s ‘The Four Seasons’ Update

KTUL Tulsa Names Kevin Coskren Chief Meteorologist

Sinclair Broadcast Group’s ABC affiliate KTUL Tulsa, Okla., has appointed Kevin Coskren chief meteorologist. He will deliver forecasts for the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. Coskren joins from The […]

Edward Moody Joins WBTW Myrtle Beach As Weeknight Anchor

Nexstar CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach, S.C., is adding veteran journalist Edward Moody to its weeknight anchor team. Moody and News 13 Anchor Trish Williford will co-anchor the 5, 6 […]

Howie Schwab, ESPN Researcher And Trivia Star, Dies At 63

NPR Chief Defends Coverage, Accuses Critics Of ‘Bad Faith Distortion’ Of Her Views

Katherine Maher says the controversy stemming from an editor’s essay criticizing the radio network has been a distraction.

Luke Kleintank To Exit ‘FBI: International’ After Three Seasons

Jo Ann Ross Steps Down As Paramount Ad Sales Chairman

Jo Ann Ross, the long-running queen of television advertising sales, is stepping down from her role as chairman of Paramount Advertising at the end of the month, the company says. A year ago, Ross was named chairman, taking an advisory role to Paramount Advertising President John Halley. The new move comes weeks before the upfront. Pictured: Jo Ann Ross with Jon Batiste’s band during a CBS upfront at Carnegie Hall (CBS).

KSAT San Antonio Photojournalist Joe Arredondo Dies Suddenly

NAB Extends Contract Of President-CEO Curtis LeGeyt

The extension will keep him in charge of the trade association through 2029.

Miguelangel Lopez Promoted To Regional VP Of News And Content For Telemundo’s Orlando, Tampa And Fort Myers Stations

He will oversee journalism at WTMO Orlando, WRMD Tampa and WWDT Fort Myers.

James Galindo Named KERO Bakersfield Station Manger

He moves across town from Nexstar’s KGET Bakersfield to oversee the Scripps ABC affiliate there.

Hollywood Reporter Veteran Victoria Gold Joins Variety Sales Team

Terry Carter, ‘Battlestar Galactica’ And ‘McCloud’ Actor, Dies At 95

Lionsgate Signs Long-Term Deal With TV Production Head Gary Goodman

Goodman is in charge of production of Lionsgate’s scripted series and its TV production facilities in Yonkers, N.Y.; Atlanta; and one that is about to open in Newark, N.J.

Jenny Padura Named Anchor At Univision’s WLTV Miami

Paris Schutz Joins WFLD Chicago As Political Reporter

Paris Schutz has joined Fox-owned WFLD Chicago as a political reporter. Effective April 29, he will handle all political coverage for the station, reporting on all local politics from Chicago’s […]

In Paramount Takeover Effort, Silicon Valley And Hollywood Worlds Collide

David Ellison, 41, would not be the first rich guy to arrive in Hollywood with a fat bank account and dreams of making movies, though the son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison boasts the rarest of attributes for a budding media mogul: a Silicon Valley pedigree. In an industry where many get their start fetching coffee or moving props, Ellison spent summers writing computer code for his father’s software company and getting insights on the movie business from Pixar Animation Studios co-founder Steve Jobs. Those geek sensibilities will come in handy if he succeeds in his bid to take over Paramount Global, a storied studio whose fortunes have been upended by technological change.

Paramount CEO Bob Bakish’s 2023 Pay Falls To $31.3M

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish saw total compensation in 2023 of $31.3 million, compared with $32.0 million in 2022.

Huw Edwards Leaving BBC On ‘Medical Advice’ After 40-Year Career

Scripps News Adds Former Presidential Candidate, Ark. Gov. Asa Hutchinson As Political Analyst

Scripps News has tapped former Republican presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to serve as a political analyst for the network. He made his debut on Monday, April 22. […]

Don Alhart To Retire From WHAM Rochester Later This Year After 58 Years