kjohnson 15 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 From Belo: News Release June 20, 2007 KMOV-TV Announces New Executive News Director St. Louis, MO - KMOV-TV president and general manager announced today that Sean McLaughlin will become the Executive News Director July 6, 2007. Sean leaves his position as News Director at KTUL-TV, the ABC affiliate in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he led the launch of the station's consumer and investigative unit that has been honored with a number of awards, both regional and national. Prior to that Sean launched entire news operations from scratch at two stations, one in Tulsa (KOKI-TV) and one in Minneapolis (WFTC-TV). Under Sean's direction, KOKI was nominated for Emmys for Best Newscast and Station Excellence within the first 3 years. McLaughlin also rose to the position of News Director at WICS-TV, the NBC affiliate in Springfield, Illinois. "Sean is an experienced news director and all of us look forward to working with him and seeing the impact his energy and vision will have on the News 4 product." About Belo Belo Corp. is one of the nation's largest media companies with a diversified group of market-leading television, newspaper, cable and interactive media assets. A Fortune 1000 company with 7,100 employees and $1.6 billion in annual revenues, Belo operates in some of America's most dynamic markets in Texas, the Northwest, the Southwest, the Mid-Atlantic and Rhode Island. Belo owns 20 television stations, six of which are in the 15 largest U.S. broadcast markets. The Company also owns or operates seven cable news channels and manages one television station through a local marketing agreement. Belo's daily newspapers are The Dallas Morning News , The Providence Journal , The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) and the Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, TX). The Company also publishes specialty publications targeting young adults, and the fast-growing Hispanic market, including Quick and Al Dia in Dallas/Fort Worth, and El D and La Prensa in Riverside. Belo operates more than 30 Web sites associated with its operating companies. Additional information is available at http://www.belo.com or by contacting Carey Hendrickson, vice president/Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, at 214-977-6626. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasFury 0 Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 What's the difference between a plain ol News Director and a fancy schmancy EXECUTIVE News Director? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currie555 0 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 If he is as good as his record, I expect KMOV to completely topple KSDK with in the next year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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