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Rick Baran Named CFO of CBS TV stations

Rick Baran has joined CBS as executive vp and chief financial officer, CBS Television Stations. He will assume his new role effective May 19. He succeeds Anton Guitano as CFO for the 29 owned and operated CBS stations.

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Olevitch Named SVP, Local Media Sales at NBC

Larry Olevitch was promoted to senior vp, local media sales, NBC Local Media Group. In his new role.

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Michaels Upped To COO At Tribune

The fast-evolving Tribune Co. has named Randy Michaels chief operating officer, responsible for all aspects of the company's publishing, broadcasting and interactive divisions.

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Westwood One Appoints Chief Digital Officer

Westwood One has announced the appointment of Richard J. Kosinski to senior VP/chief digital officer. Kosinski will be in charge of the company’s digital product offerings including news, sports, music, talk, entertainment programs, features and live events. In addition, he will oversee all product and business development in the digital area.

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NAB: 'No Reason for FCC to Retreat On Cross-Ownership'

The NAB on Tuesday (May 6) encouraged the FCC to not retreat on its Dec. 18 reform of the media cross-ownership regulations and reject any pressure to update the rules stemming from the quadrennial ownership review order.
 

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The Programming Insider: Friday 5/09/08

2008-05-09

Before I get into the overnights rating results, let me focus on CBS' Survivor: Micronesia for a moment. Erik…are you crazy? Nuts? Cuckoo? Meshugenah? Could you believe he fell for that scheme to give the immunity necklace to Natalie? As James appropriately noted, this is now the dumbest move in the history of the Survivor franchise. All I can say at this point is…go Cirie!

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Mr. TV: In Mom's Honor

With Mother's Day this Sunday, I thought I would dedicate this week’s column to the grand matriarchs of the small screen who are the real brains behind any classic TV family.

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