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Media 2025: EASTRIGHT, JOSH
In 2018, Eastright was named CEO at Bloomberg Industry Group, a Bloomberg affiliate company. His career at Bloomberg began more than 25 years earlier, when he was a college intern. Eastright received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Amherst College. Bloomberg Industry Group employs more than 1,300 people, about 1,200 of whom work in […]
Media 2025: STEIB, MICHAEL
Steib succeeded David Lougee, who retired in August 2024, as president and CEO, as well as a board member, of the nation’s largest owner of NBC-affiliate TV stations. Steib, a University of Pennsylvania alumnus, came to Tegna after serving as CEO for Artsy, an online art marketplace. He’d previously served as president and CEO of […]
Media 2025: TILL, KELLY
After 24 years as an advertising executive with Tribune Publishing’s The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press, Till became the first female publisher in the 175-year history of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in 2022. She also serves as regional vice president of sales for the newspaper’s parent company, Lee Enterprises. Till joined Lee Enterprises in 2020 as vice […]
Media 2025: SWAIN, JAYME
Swain leads VPM, a network of television, radio and digital media outlets across Central Virginia and Shenandoah Valley that reaches nearly 2 million people. The foundation manages its endowment. Before joining VPM in 2019, Swain spent nearly a decade as senior vice president of strategy and operations at the Arlington- based Public Broadcasting Service. With […]
Media 2025: KERGER, PAULA
The longest-serving president and CEO in PBS’ 56-year history, Kerger has served as the public broadcaster’s leader since 2006, and in 2024, PBS’ board extended her contract five more years. She has grown it from traditional TV broadcasting to multiplatform digital media, with 330-plus member stations. Before joining PBS, Kerger was chief operating officer for […]
Media 2025: CARPENTER, JON
Since July 2022, Carpenter has been chief executive for Comscore, an analytics company that measures audience and consumer behaviors, along with advertising impact, across media platforms. Carpenter started his career at Comscore as chief financial officer in 2021, moving up to CEO. Previously CFO for Publishers Clearing House, Carpenter also served in senior divisional CFO […]
Media 2025: O’SHAUGHNESSY, TIMOTHY J.
O’Shaughnessy was named president and CEO of Graham Holdings in November 2015, taking over from his father-in-law. He had been elected to the board a year before, joining Graham Holdings to guide the company in a new direction following its 2013 sale of The Washington Post. Co-founding LivingSocial in 2007, O’Shaughnessy served as its CEO […]
Media 2025: VANDEHEI, JIM
VandeHei co-founded Axios in 2016; it launched in 2017. Five years later, Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises acquired it for a reported $525 million. VandeHei remains at the helm as CEO. Communications software business Axios HQ became an independent company. A University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh alumnus, VandeHei embarked on his entrepreneurial journey after spending time as a Washington, […]
Google’s digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly, joining its search engine in penalty box
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion. The ruling issued Thursday by U.S. District Judge […]
Two Hampton Roads marketing agencies to merge
Norfolk-based WB Marketing’s parent company has acquired majority interest in Virginia Beach-based marketing and communications firm Meridian Group and will merge the two into one agency, Meridian Group announced Tuesday. Mike Matacunas from Norfolk-based private investment firm Five Hill Capital — WB Marketing’s parent — acquired the majority interest from Meridian Group founder Joe Takac[...]
Gannett restructuring into two units
McLean-based Gannett Co. Inc. is restructuring to create two new U.S. business units, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher announced last week. The units will be Gannett Media and Digital Marketing Solutions (DMS). Maribel Perez Wadsworth, based in McLean, will lead Gannett Media, while Kris Barton, based in the Los Angeles area, will lead DMS. “This […]
