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[tyrannical bastard 4691]

Emily Leonard, longtime WTVA anchor is leaving to join former co-worker Matt Laubhan's online venture, which is now adding news to their Mississippi Live Weather channel and will be known as Mississippi Live.

Even though Gray now owns WTVA, the damage Allen Media has already done still lingers and this venture can be seen as a way broadcasters will have to compete with the internet when enterprises like these become powerful enough to hire broadcast journalists away from TV stations.

Edited Wednesday at 03:15 PM by tyrannical bastard

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 1161]

1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Emily Leonard, longtime WTVA anchor is leaving to join former co-worker Matt Laubhan's online venture, which is now adding news to their Mississippi Live Weather channel and will be known as Mississippi Live.

Even though Gray now owns WTVA, the damage Allen Media has already done still lingers and this venture can be seen as a way broadcasters will have to compete with the internet when enterprises like these become powerful enough to hire broadcast journalists away from TV stations.

I was wondering when she was going to move on over... It's a great move for her

[TheRolyPoly 3560]

2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Emily Leonard, longtime WTVA anchor is leaving to join former co-worker Matt Laubhan's online venture, which is now adding news to their Mississippi Live Weather channel and will be known as Mississippi Live.

Even though Gray now owns WTVA, the damage Allen Media has already done still lingers and this venture can be seen as a way broadcasters will have to compete with the internet when enterprises like these become powerful enough to hire broadcast journalists away from TV stations.

 

Not surprising, considering that Emily and Matt are married to each other.

[Dave Lampstein 310]

Two more meteorologists leaving WISN. Just saw Molly Bernard is leaving at the end of July. 
 

Gino Recchia also made a sudden departure on June 28th. 

 

 

 

 

[TheRolyPoly 3560]

After 2.5 years, mainly as WEAU's lead evening anchor, Heidi Paxson will be leaving the station to do mornings at WGHP in the Triad.

 

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1462412039023734&id=100057648567218

[trustno1 8]

On 7/2/2026 at 4:13 AM, TheRolyPoly said:

 

Not surprising, considering that Emily and Matt are married to each other.

I think the clip of Matt proposing to Emily is still around on YouTube somewhere