Hearst Corporation
Hearst Corporation is an American media and information company based in New York City. The privately-held company owns newspapers and magazines, television stations through Hearst Television and stakes in cable networks including ESPN and A+E Global Media. Hearst also operates businesses focused on financial information, health care data and transportation services
Hearst Television promotes Kevin Kalia to regional engineering role
Kalia has served as Director of Engineering at WCVB in Boston since 2023 and will remain based at the station.
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Longtime KOCO general manager Brent Hensley to retire
R. Brent Hensley, the longtime President and General Manager of Hearst Television's station in Oklahoma City, will retire at the end of 2026.
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Hearst’s Vice President of Sales Gerry McGavick to retire
McGavick has spent the past five years overseeing revenue generation across Hearst Television's platforms.
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Hearst Television finance executive Stanley Herriott to retire
Hearst Television says its Vice President of Finance Stanley Herriott will retire at the end of the year, concluding an eight-year tenure with the broadcast television company.
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Former WCVB digital producer Shaun Ganley dies
Ganley, who worked for Hearst Television's Boston-area TV station for more than a decade, died after a battle with cancer.
Publishers push for new law banning bot-based AI scraping
The proposed law gives publishers greater control of how and when robots access their materials, and allows the FTC and others to bring litigation against bad actors.
Optimum renews carriage agreement with A+E Global Media
Optimum has reached a deal to continue providing A+E Global Media networks to its pay television subscribers.
CBS partners with Hearst on new “Lucky Dog” series
The show follows Brandon McMillan as he pairs dogs with military families; it will air as part of the CBS WKDN educational/informational programming block.
John Robertson promoted at Hearst to SVP, Strategy & Distribution
The newly-created position takes effect immediately and follows the recent announcement that Roger Keating, Hearst Television’s Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer, plans to retire at the end of the year.
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Laura Williamson to retire from Hearst’s Central California stations
No successor has been named; Williamson led the Salinas-Monterey cluster of stations since 2020.
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Hearst Television, Dish Network avoid local TV blackout on satellite
The channels will remain on Dish Network through a new multi-year agreement reached Wednesday afternoon; financial terms were not disclosed.
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Hearst Television promotes Joe Fortunato to Vice President, Revenue
Fortunato will help drive revenue growth across broadcast, streaming video, OTT/connected television, digital video, programmatic, social and branded content.
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