— February, 2019 – Cara Erickson, President of media executive search firm NewCoordinates, LLC, has been retained to assist the Board and executive team of The Daily Memphian in the recruitment of their Executive Editor. The Daily Memphian (dailymemphian.com), a digital publication with a strong community mission, launched in fall of 2018 and already employs […]
Public media sponsorship sales firm Market Enginuity has named Bethany Clevenstine Shocki as Director, Marketing and Creative Services. In this role, she will manage the in-house marketing services team that supports sponsorship sales for 17 public media station clients across the country. Beth brings versatile media ad sales marketing and agency experience to the organization, […]
Award-winning newsroom leader Kelly Ann Scott of Reno, Nevada has been named vice president of content at AL.com / Alabama Media Group, the nationally recognized statewide news operation based in Birmingham, AL. Scott joins AL.com directly from her role as executive editor for RGJ Media, part of the USA Today Network, where she set strategy […]
WBEZ 91.5 FM, Chicago Public Media’s NPR news station, has welcomed Kathy Manilla to its management team as VP, Integrated Media Sponsorships. An experienced media veteran, Kathy brings 25 years’s experience in sales, marketing, and business development at the Tribune Company to this leading public media organization. She rose through local sales and marketing management […]
Crain Communications’ Pensions & Investments, a leading b2b media brand for global institutional investment professionals, has named experienced industry executive Robin Coffey as Director of Conference Programming, based in New York. Robin brings almost 20 years’ experience at Euromoney Institutional Investor, where she was most recently Executive Director in the Conference division responsible for the […]
NOLA Media Group, publisher of the storied Times-Picayune newspaper and NOLA.com in New Orleans, has announced the appointment of Alisha Owens to the new position of VP and Chief Revenue Officer, reporting to President Tim Williamson. As CRO, Alisha leads a multi platform sales organization responsible for building advertising, sponsorship, and digital marketing services revenues […]
Ad Age, the leading publishing brand for the changing marketing, communications, and media industries, has announced the appointment of Brian Braiker as its new Editor. In this role, he assumes overall content leadership for the newsroom that produces Ad Age and AdAge.com and supports its Conference programs. Braiker joins Ad Age directly from Digiday, where […]
Experienced Washington, DC media sales executive Bob Brennan has joined public radio leader WAMU in a new management position as Director of Strategic Accounts and Partnerships, reporting to Amy Powers, Senior Director of Media Sponsorships. Brennan arrives directly from The McClatchy Company, where he was the Director of Political and Advocacy Partnerships through the […]
Michael Ocrant, an experienced financial journalist and conference producer, has joined Crain’s Pensions & Investments as its new Director of Conference Programming, reporting to Associate Publisher Nikki Pirrello in New York. Ocrant is uniquely qualified to bring his experience to P&I’s growing conferences division, with 10 year’s experience as a Director in the Conferences Division […]
Washington DC’s highly regarded public media station WAMU has appointed Amy Powers as the new Senior Director, Media Sponsorships, effectively immediately. In this role, she assumes responsibility for building the station’s sponsorships revenues and leading the team that partners with corporate underwriters and sponsors to support WAMU’s programming on radio, web, and digital audio […]