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Cision's Media Updates - General Interest
Cision Media Updates have moved! Media updates from Cision can now be found at the new and enhanced Cision Navigator, http://navigator.cision.com. Sataline joins WSJ New York office O'Dell departs WNUA As the result of widespread cuts at Clear Channel Communications, Rick O'Dell has lost his position as program and music director at smooth jazz station WNUA-FM in Chicago. O'Dell had previously served as an assistant program director and midday on-air personality and had been with the station since 1989. For further details, call 312-540-2000. New Web site from Annenberg School of Journalism The University of Southern Califonia Annenberg School of Journalism has launched a new Web site. Neon Tommy provides a mix of local and regional stories covering issues in Los Angeles as well as columns and articles covering national and international news that impact the whole country. Marc Cooper serves as digital news director and Brian Frank and Chris Nelson serve as co-editors for the site. To learn more, visit www.neontommy.com. Yepsen exits Des Moines Register The Des Moines Register has lost a political reporter. David Yepsen recently departed the paper to serve as director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. He had been a political columnist at the paper since 2000 and first joined the paper in 1974. Yepsen continues to serve as a reporter for the show Iowa Press, as well as the host of The Iowa Journal. For more information, call 515-284-8000. Blog Spotlight! The Alternative Consumer is a blog for those interested in living an eco-friendly lifestyle. Bloggers Ross Dulmaine and Maureen O'Connor contribute their perspective, information and resources on green living and reviews of green products. For more information, visit www.alternativeconsumer.com. New to Cision! Origins is a blog covering evolution from Science magazine. Bloggers John Travis, 202-326-7021, and Rachel Zelkowitz provide information on the evolution of life on earth and scientific news and research that advances our understanding of the theories of Charles Darwin. Travis also serves as the Europe news editor for Science. To learn more, visit http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins. Washington correspondent leaves Cox Deputy editor leaves Washington Post Warren Bass has left his position as deputy outlook editor The Washington Post to pursue a government position. He has been replaced with Carlos Lozada, 202-334-6538. Bass is a former member of the 9/11 Commission staff and senior fellow for the Council on Foreign Relations. To learn more, call 202-334-6000. Managing editor leaves Newsday Newsday is without a managing editor at the end of the month as Deborah Henley departs. Henley was previously with the News Journal in Wilmington, Del., as executive editor and also served as the managing editor at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., and as assistant metro editor for The New York Times. For more information, call 631-843-2020. Former Good Day New York anchor joins News 12 Long Island Jodi Applegate, formerly of FOX’s Good Day New York, joins News 12 Long Island as an evening anchor on February 23. Prior to anchoring Good Day New York, Applegate was executive producer and host of Fox 25 Morning News on WFXT-TV in Boston. She has also served as an anchor on various programs for NBC and MSNBC. For more information, call 516-393-1390. The Washington Times gives a voice to conservatives The Washington Times has launched a column on its opinion page that showcases essays from conservatives, including Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee, among others. For more information, call 202-636-3000. Donaldson announces retirement from ABC News New blog focuses on renewable energy Build Baby Build is a new blog discussing the benefits of sustainable and renewable energy, with an emphasis on wind power. It covers news, trends and policy developments on the national and local level. To find out more, visit www.buildbabybuild.net. Gannett correspondent leaves Ellyn Ferguson has accepted a voluntary severance package from Gannett News Service, and will leave her post as correspondent on Feb. 20. She covered Wisconsin state news and environment and conservation for the news service. For more information, call 703-854-5800. Bloomberg cuts programming Recent cutbacks at Bloomberg Radio Network have included taking some of its programs off the airwaves. Recently cancelled are Bloomberg - The Final Word, a show that focused on the day's biggest stories with in-depth details; Bloomberg Law, which examined the major legal issues affecting the business world; and Negocios Bloomberg, which included Latin American business news stories as well as a weekly profiles spotlighting various successful Hispanic business people. For more information, call 212-318-2000. WABC-AM names program director Laurie Cantillo has been named program director at news/talk radio WABC-AM in New York. She joins the station after serving as program director of the SIRIUS XM Radio Oprah & Friends channel since its launch in September 2006. Before that, Cantillo was program director of KFYI-AM and KGME-AM in Phoenix. For additional information, call 212-613-3800. Two exit the Tribune, enter political realm The Tribune Washington News Bureau has said goodbye to two of its reporters. Peter Gosselin recently left his position as national economics correspondent, and is now a chief speech writer for Timothy Geithner. Congressional correspondent Jill Zuckman has also left the Tribune Company. She served as a congressional correspondent for the paper, and is now with President Obama's administration. For more information, call 202-824-8300. Tribune makes deep cut New York daily names publisher George Hearst III, 518-454-5403, recently was promoted to publisher of the Albany, N.Y., based Times Union. He previously was an associate publisher and started at the daily in 1989. He is replacing Mark Aldam, who now serves as the senior vice president of Hearst Newspapers. For further details, contact 518-454-5694. Publisher joins Canadian newspaper Metroland Media Group Ltd. recently named Paul McCuaig to the publisher spot at the Waterloo Region Record in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He previously was the publisher for The Standard in Ontario, Canada, since 2004. Contact 519-894-2231 for more information. News & Record reporter picks up column Mark Binker, state government staff writer and blogger for the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C., is now also writing Washington Watch, a column covering Washington. For further details, contact 336-373-7000. Colorado daily makes staff cut Staff reductions at the The Pueblo Chieftain will cut Charles Ashby, 303-861-7202, in May from his role as the Denver bureau chief. He has been with the daily since 2004 and before that, covered Colorado legislature for various newspapers. Contact 719-544-3520 for more information. Chicago Sun-Times editor in chief to cross border to Toronto Star Veteran Meet the Press staffer moves to CNN Michelle Jaconi has been named the executive producer of the State of the Union with John King on CNN after 12 years with Meet the Press on NBC. During her tenure with Meet the Press, she climbed the ranks from an intern, to producer to a political analyst. For more information call 202-515-2929. Thompson to host radio show Fred Thompson, a presidential candidate and actor, is slated to host a radio show beginning March 2. The Fred Thompson Show will cover politics, topical issues, pop culture and water cooler stories. It will replace the Radio Factor With Bill O'Reilly. To learn more visit www.fredthompsonshow.com. Government Video gets new editor East Coast radio host gets national exposure The AM radio show Michael Smerconish has expanded its audience. In addition to running on WPHT-AM in Philadelphia and WHFS-AM in Washington, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. EST, the radio show, hosted by Michael Smerconish, 610-668-5966, has been picked up to run another live program from noon to 2 p.m. in an expanded time slot. This expanded show will be available to radio stations around the country. For more information, call 610-668-5852. New publisher for three Carolina newspapers Roger Quinn, 864-562-7470, is now the publisher of the Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal and group publisher of The Dispatch in Lexington, N.C. and the Times-News in Hendersonville, N.C. He replaces David Roberts, who has retired. For more information, call 864-582-4511. Entertainment reporter launches new industry site The Wrap, a new Web site covering the entertainment and media industries, recently announced its official launch. The site offers news, trends and interviews with industry insiders. Sharon Waxman, 310-458-6945, serves as editor in chief. Waxman was previously a Hollywood and entertainment industry reporter at The New York Times, and also worked for The Washington Post. For more details, visit http://thewrap.com. Talking Points Memo launches new blog TPMDC is a new blog covering political news in Washington. The blog discusses events on Capitol Hill and at the White House. Joshua Marshall serves as publisher and editor. Talking Points Memo editor at large Matthew Cooper, 202-625-8322, also contributes to the blog, along with Eric Kleefeld and Elana Schor. For more information, visit http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com. Blog Spotlight! The mental_floss Blog provides humorous stories, reflections on society and culture and other stories and news to inspire and entertain. The blog is published by the magazine mental_floss and contributed to by several staff members, including managing editor Jason English and publisher Will Pearson, 205-821-2006. To learn more, visit www.mentalfloss.com/blogs. Lewis exits Minnesota Monthly Two reporters laid off at Herald News The Herald News in Joliet, Ill. recently laid off two reporters, Dawn Aulet, who covered features, and Christina Chapman, who covered Grundy County. No replacements have been named. For more information, please call 815-729-6161. Winn Miller resigns at Olympian Publisher, John Winn Miller, recently resigned from his post at The Olympian in Olympia, Wash. No replacement has been named. He joined the paper in August 2005. He formerly served as the senior vice president of marketing at the Tallahassee Democrat in Florida. To learn more, please call 360-754-5400. New to Cision! Life as Mom is a blog that covers family and motherhood. Author Jessica Fisher shares personal experiences about her life as a mom and her road to joyful motherhood. The blog also features tips on motherhood, parenting and how to raise a family. For more information, please visit www.lifeasmom.com. John Meehan leaves Bloomberg Piller joins Sacramento Bee Charles Piller, 916-321-1113, has joined the Sacramento Bee as a senior investigative news reporter. He previously covered investigative news for the Los Angeles Times, and had been with the publication since 1998. For additional information, call 916-321-1000. U.S. News & World Report, Inc. launches Web site U.S. News Weekly is a new Internet magazine largely devoted to reporting and analyzing national and international affairs, politics, education, business, health, science, technology and social trends. It delivers the same timely and informative features that readers have come to expect from U.S. News & World Report. For more information, call 202-955-2000. Flint Journal names editor John Foren, 810-766-6382, has been named editor of the Flint Journal, where he oversees features, arts and entertainment, travel, food, home, garden and local news. He was previously the acting editor. Foren is also the local news editor for the Suburban Flint (Mich.) Newspaper Group. For more information, call 810-766-6100. DeDapper launches politics Web site Get Real with Jay DeDapper is a new Web site covering political news. It discusses political events in New York as well as the rest of the country, and aims to expose inaccuracies, misinterpretations and lies based on assumptions in media coverage. Jay DeDapper launched the site after being let go as a political correspondent at WNBC-TV due to staff cuts. For more information, visit http://jaydedapper.com. Publisher parts ways with Sun-Times La Crosse Tribune hires editor Chris Hardie, 608-791-8223, is now the executive editor of the La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune, replacing John Smalley. He previously was the publisher of the Houston County News in La Crescent, Minn., the Jackson County Chronicle in Black River Falls, Wis., River Valley Newspapers in West Salem, Wis., Tomah (Wis.) Journal Newspapers, the Vernon County Broadcaster in Viroqua, Wis., and the Westby (Wis.) Times since 2002. For further details, contact 608-782-9710. Editorial page to shift at Plain Dealer The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer's editorial page soon will be changing editors. Current editorial page editor Brent Larkin, 216-999-4252, is retiring at the end of May. Elizabeth Sullivan, 216-999-6153, will replace Larkin and leave behind her current post as associate editorial page editor. For now, she will continue to pen her foreign affairs column. Joe Frolik, 216-999-4548, most recently editorial page writer, has been promoted to chief editorial page writer. For more information, contact 216-999-5000. Washington Post sends Book World online The Washington Post's Book World will no longer be publishing a print edition. The newspaper section will be contained online and its last print issue will be distributed Feb. 15. For more information, contact 202-334-6000. Maryland newsapaper reduces staff The Capital, a daily newspaper serving Annapolis, Md., recently made staff cuts. Among those gone from the publication include city editor David Lauricella. For more information, contact 410-268-5000. Costas joins MLB Network Newsweek loses Wolffe Richard Wolffe recently left his post as a correspondent for Newsweek. He also contributed to the Powering Upblog and covered U.S. foreign policy, national news and politics for the magazine. Wolffe was the deputy bureau chief and correspondent with the Financial Times' Washington bureau before joining Newsweek. To learn more call 212-445-4000. Ripley out at Time Amanda Ripley, a senior writer covering politics, homeland security and social issues, has left Time. She also previously worked as a staff writer and covered economic and political news at the publication's Paris bureau. For more information call 212-522-1212. Star Tribune reorganizes staff Rene Sanchez, 612-673-1731, Paul Klauda, 612-673-7280, and Dennis McGrath, 612-673-4293, have all been given new responsibilities at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. Sanchez was upped to the senior managing editor overseeing news, while Klauda is now the metro editor after most recently serving as the assistant managing editor overseeing night news. McGrath is now the deputy digital editor overseeing the Web site. For more information call 612-673-4000.
Posted on: 2/19/2009
Posted on: 2/18/2009
The Wall Street Journal has a new reporter in New York. Suzanne Sataline, 212-416-2527, recently left the Boston bureau, where she served as a religion reporter, to join the New York office as a New York regional reporter for the law group. She now covers legal issues as well as city and state government and economic concerns. Sataline joined the paper in 2005 after previously working for The Boston Globe, where she covered education and international news. For more information, call 212-416-2000.
Posted on: 2/18/2009
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Posted on: 2/17/2009
Scott Shepard leaves his post as correspondent for the Cox Newspapers' Washington bureau and follows the lead of a series of reporters who have left journalism to become government appointees. He had taken his position in 1986, previously having been with the Associated Press in Montgomery, Ala., Atlanta and Washington.
Posted on: 2/17/2009
Posted on: 2/17/2009
Posted on: 2/17/2009
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Posted on: 2/16/2009
Veteran Washington news correspondent Sam Donaldson has announced his retirement from ABC Television Network. His last day with the network is Feb. 27; however he will continue to serve as a contributor to This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Donaldson has been a staple of ABC News since he joined the network in 1967, and has anchored many shows including PrimeTime Live and World News Sunday. He began his broadcasting career at KRLD-TV in Dallas in 1959. For more information, call 212-456-7777.
Posted on: 2/16/2009
Posted on: 2/16/2009
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Posted on: 2/13/2009
The Chicago Tribune has made staff reductions, letting go of a portion of their newsroom staff. Features reporter Don Terry, enterprise projects reporter Susan Chandler, Rome correspondent Christine Spolar, Middle East correspondent Joel Greenberg and features reporter Emily Nunn were all let go as part of the Tribune's cost-cutting effort. Senior reporter Charles Leroux and deputy magazine editor Jeff Lyon also recently left, but were not part of the daily newspaper's layoffs. For further details, contact 312-222-3232.
Posted on: 2/13/2009
Posted on: 2/13/2009
Posted on: 2/13/2009
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Posted on: 2/12/2009
Michael Cooke, 312-321-2079, currently the editor in chief of the Chicago Sun-Times, will join the Toronto Star March 1 as the editor. Cooke is rejoining former colleague John Cruickshank, the Star's current publisher, and former publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and COO of the Chicago Sun-Times Media Group. Cooke returned to the Sun-Times in January 2006 after serving as editor in chief for the Daily News in New York from February 2005 until December 2006. He first served as the Sun-Times' editor in chief from 2000 until 2004. Also at the Sun-Times, John Barron, 312-321-2897, was named the publisher. For more information call 312-321-3000.
Posted on: 2/12/2009
Posted on: 2/12/2009
Posted on: 2/11/2009
With the departure of editor Mark Pescatore from Government Video, a new face has joined the magazine's editorial ranks. Sanjay Talwani, 703-852-4640, has joined the magazine as its new editor. Talwani was previously the news editor and Washington bureau chief of TV Technology, where he continues to serve as a contributing editor. Pescatore left the magazine to pursue a career in public relations. He had served as editor since 2000. For further details, call 212-378-0400.
Posted on: 2/11/2009
Posted on: 2/11/2009
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Posted on: 2/10/2009
Courtney Lewis recently left the staff of the Minnesota Monthly, where she served as assistant managing editor. No replacement has been named. Joel Hoekstra, 612-371-5843, continues to serve as the managing editor for the regional magazine. For further details, please call 612-371-5800.
Posted on: 2/10/2009
Posted on: 2/10/2009
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Posted on: 2/9/2009
John Meehan has left Bloomberg L.P. where he served as news director of Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg Radio Network. He was also managing editor in charge of television and radio for Bloomberg News and at WBBR-AM. For additional information, call 212-318-2000.
Posted on: 2/9/2009
Posted on: 2/9/2009
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Posted on: 2/9/2009
Posted on: 2/6/2009
Cyrus Freidheim Jr., president and publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, is leaving the paper by the end of the month. In addition, he is exiting his role as president and CEO of the Sun-Times Media Group. Freidheim was appointed to president and CEO of the media group in November 2006 after serving as director since October 2005. He was named publisher of the Sun-Times in October 2007. A replacement has not been named. Contact 312-321-3000 for further information.
Posted on: 2/6/2009
Posted on: 2/6/2009
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Posted on: 2/5/2009
The MLB Network has landed Bob Costas and tapped him to host original programming that will focus on baseball's history and most important figures. He will remain with NBC as the host of Football Night in America but his HBO show, Costas Now, will go off the air. Costas has handled a wide variety of assignments at just about every major sporting event, including numerous World Series, Super Bowls, NBA Championships, and most notably, the Olympics since joining NBC in 1980. To learn more call 201-520-6400.
Posted on: 2/5/2009
Posted on: 2/5/2009
Posted on: 2/5/2009