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- CHANNEL 2 ACTION NEWS August Sweeps Report Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:02:11 -0400
CHANNEL 2 WSB-TV RANKS #1 IN ALL NEWSCASTS
Atlanta
August 30, 2010 - Channel 2 Action News won every newscast in the August Sweeps, which ran July 29 – August 25, 2010. The ABC affiliate also ranked number one in 20.75 hours in the broadcast day, M-F, in Adults 25-54, and 20 hours each day in Households.
Contact: Steve Riley
404-897-7447
- Channel 2 WSB-TV and Telemundo Atlanta Announce News Partnership Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:11:24 -0400
Partnership to Allow Mutual Access to Relevant News and Information in Both General Market and Hispanic Market
Atlanta
August 25, 2010 - Channel 2 WSB-TV and Telemundo Atlanta (WKTB) announced today a news partnership where local news content between the general market and the local Hispanic market will be shared to offer viewers the most complete and in-depth news coverage in Atlanta.
“This new partnership outlines a great opportunity for Channel 2 Action News to serve the growing Hispanic population through Telemundo Atlanta (WKTB),” said Marian Pittman, news director for Channel 2. “I’m looking forward to increased understanding and coverage of news affecting this important segment of our local area.”
“It is Telemundo Atlanta’s goal to be the first choice for Hispanic news, information and entertainment and our news sharing partnership with WSB-TV, the highest rated news station in Atlanta, will further our commitment to delivering the most up-to-date news and information to our Hispanic and bilingual viewers”, stated Telemundo Atlanta’s General Manager, Michael Burrell.
Telemundo Atlanta currently broadcasts local news briefs with anchor, Jorge Buzo on a daily basis, Monday through Friday, three times an evening covering the most important Hispanic-centric news stories.
About Channel 2 WSB-TV
The ABC Affiliate ranks as Atlanta’s number one local news television station with over 55% of the news viewing audience tuning into its newscasts. The station is a part of Cox Media Group.
About Cox Media Group
Cox Media Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, is an integrated broadcasting, publishing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of Cox Reps. With $1.8 billion in revenue, the company operations include 15 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 86 radio stations, four metro newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. Additionally, CMG owns and operates Valpak, one of the leading direct marketing companies in North America. For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at www.coxmediagroup.com.
About Telemundo Atlanta
Telemundo Atlanta is currently available on all Comcast head ends in metropolitan Atlanta on channel 18. Additionally, Telemundo Atlanta is available to 2.9 million viewers, over-the-air on WKTB digital channel 47 in digital quality in metropolitan Atlanta. Telemundo Atlanta produces essential local news on a daily basis, which can also be accessed over our website www.telemundoatlanta.com and mobile application www.atlalamano.com, Telemundo Atlanta is the first local Hispanic television station in Atlanta to offer a Spanish-language website and mobile application that provides up-to-date local news, weather and sports.
About Telemundo
Telemundo, a U.S. Spanish-language television network, is the essential entertainment, news, and sports source for Hispanics and a leading international player in the entertainment industry with presence in more than 100 countries worldwide. Broadcasting unique national and local programming for the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, Telemundo reaches 93% of U.S. Hispanic viewers in 210 markets through its 16 owned-and-operated stations, 45 broadcast affiliates, and 800 cable affiliates. Telemundo is wholly owned by NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.###
- Allen Dunstan Appointed Senior Director National Accounts For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:23:45 -0400
Atlanta
August 25, 2010 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has appointed Allen Dunstan to senior director national accounts, effective immediately. Dunstan will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to help facilitate profitable sales growth among national accounts and represent the AJC to national accounts and agencies servicing these accounts.
He will report to Moya Neville, senior vice president, advertising sales for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Dunstan brings more than 35 years of advertising, marketing and sales experience to the AJC, and will be based in New York.
Prior to his appointment, he was vice president of the eastern region and company financial team leader for Newspapers First, a consortium that helped advertisers target consumer and business audiences. In this role, he represented several newspapers including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and ajc.com. Dunstan initiated and developed innovative cross-platform strategies that generated high incremental dollars among accounts in the financial category.
Before Newspapers First, Dunstan spent 18 years working various roles within Media Networks Inc., a division of Time Inc. He most recently served as the director of publisher relations and sales development where he supervised local advertising in national magazines such as Time, Newsweek, Business Week and Money.
He began his career as an advertising sales manager for Focus Magazine, the local business publication in Philadelphia.
Dunstan is an active member in The Advertising Club in New York, the Financial Communications Society, Advertising Women of New York, 212NYC, and is an alum of Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania.
“The AJC is pleased to have someone of Allen’s talent join our advertising sales team,” said Moya Neville, AJC senior vice president, advertising sales. “The combination of his experience, the strength of the AJC’s products and a robust market like Atlanta will enable us to provide even greater value to our national customer base.”
About The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the leading source — both in print and online — of news, information and advertising for metropolitan Atlanta, reaching a total print and online audience of nearly 2.2 million people each week. Every month, nearly 2.3 million unique visitors access the newspaper's Web sites, including ajc.com and accessAtlanta.com. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is part of Cox Media Group, a publishing, digital media and broadcasting subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises.
About Cox Media Group
Cox Media Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, is an integrated broadcasting, publishing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of Cox Reps. With $1.8 billion in revenue, the company operations include 15 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 86 radio stations, four metro newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. Additionally, CMG owns and operates Valpak, one of the leading direct marketing companies in North America. For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at www.coxmediagroup.com.
Contact: Jacqueline Petty; jpetty@ajc.com
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Appoints Key Advertising Leaders Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:20:19 -0400
Atlanta
August 25, 2010 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has appointed three key leadership positions to their advertising sales team, effective immediately.
Allen Dunstan as senior director national sales. Dunstan brings more than 35 years of advertising, marketing and sales experience to the AJC, and will be based in New York. He will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to help facilitate profitable sales growth among national accounts. Dunstan joins the AJC from Newspapers First where he was vice president of the eastern region and company financial team leader for Newspapers First. Prior to that, Dunstan spent 14 years working various roles within Media Networks Inc., a division of Time Inc. Dunstan is an active member in The Advertising Club in New York, Financial Communications Society, Advertising Women of New York, 212NYC, and is an alum of Susquehanna University.
Eric Myers as senior director of sales will oversee the major accounts, recruitment, auto and real estate sales teams. Myers most recently served as the advertising director for the St. Petersburg Times. Myers joined the Times in June 1999 as an account executive. In 2002, he began managing the advertising team that launched the Brandon Times, an edition of the St. Petersburg Times. In 2007, Myers was named the advertising manager for the St. Petersburg Times, overseeing many regions and products of the Times, including national/major retail and tbt* Tampa Bay Times. Before joining the Times, Myers had worked for advertising agencies in Wisconsin and Chicago as well as newspaper and magazine publishing organizations in Colorado. Myers originates from the Chicago area and graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh with a bachelor's degree in Journalism.
Mindy Buckalew has been promoted to senior sales and product planning manager, and will provide revenue analysis for future AJC products and sales initiatives. Buckalew joined the AJC in 2006 as a financial analyst. Through various roles, she helped develop the business case for Evening Edge, led all revenue analysis for the newspaper redesign project, and transitioned the AJC to revenue-based rate structures for customers. Prior to joining the AJC, Mindy was a senior accountant for Impact Innovations and a financial analyst for Vista III Media. Mindy grew up in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio and is a Kennesaw State University alum.
“I’m delighted to have these seasoned sales professionals join our renewed effort to serving the needs of our local and national advertising customers, said Moya Neville, senior vice president, advertising sales. “Their leadership and experience, combined with the strength of the AJC’s products and a robust market like Atlanta will energize our sales teams and enable us to provide even greater value and results for our advertisers.”
Dunstan, Myers and Buckalew will all report to Moya Neville, senior vice president, advertising sales for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
About The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the leading source — both in print and online — of news, information and advertising for metropolitan Atlanta, reaching a total print and online audience of nearly 2.2 million people each week. Every month, nearly 2.3 million unique visitors access the newspaper's Web sites, including ajc.com and accessAtlanta.com. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is part of Cox Media Group, a publishing, digital media and broadcasting subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises.
About Cox Media Group
Cox Media Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, is an integrated broadcasting, publishing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of Cox Reps. With $1.8 billion in revenue, the company operations include 15 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 86 radio stations, four metro newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. Additionally, CMG owns and operates Valpak, one of the leading direct marketing companies in North America. For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at www.coxmediagroup.com.
Contact: Jacqueline Petty; jpetty@ajc.com
- Cox Media Group Names Rob Babin Vice President of Sales in Atlanta Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:32:05 -0400
Atlanta
August 20, 2010 - Cox Media Group’s (CMG) radio operations in Atlanta, GA, has named Rob Babin as Vice President of Sales for the station cluster.
In this role, Rob will oversee CMG’s Atlanta Radio Sales strategy and efforts, along with day-to-day GSM responsibilities for AM 750 and NOW 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB. CMG’s radio station cluster includes WSB-FM, WSRV-FM, WALR-FM and News/Talk WSB.
“I am proud to represent such great brands and excited for this incredible opportunity to work with such a talented group of sales managers and successful sales teams,” Babin said.
“Rob is a proven leader in our Atlanta cluster, having served as General Sales Manager for WSB-AM 750 and WSRV-FM,” said Dan Kearney, CMG Vice President and Atlanta Market Manager. “We will all continue to benefit from Rob’s leadership. Rob is ready to assume the leadership role in Atlanta, and he will continue to grow our strong teams and help our customers achieve extraordinary results.”
Rob’s Cox Radio career has spanned the past nine and a half years in the Orlando and Atlanta markets. Recruited originally as Local Sales Manager for WWKA (K92FM) in Orlando, he was then promoted to General Sales Manager. In January 2006, Rob was tapped to build a sales team and launch the sales effort for Atlanta’s WSRV (97.1 The River), and since March 2008, he has provided leadership as General Sales Manager of WSB-AM (News/Talk 750).
About Cox Media Group
Cox Media Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, is an integrated broadcasting, publishing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of Cox Reps. With revenues exceeding $1.5 billion, the company operations include 15 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 86 radio stations, four metro newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. Additionally, CMG owns and operates Valpak, one of the leading direct marketing companies in North America.
Dan Kearney
(404) 897-7486
dan.kearney@coxradio.com
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COX RADIO'S DAVID DUBOSE AND TONY KIDD NAMED HONOREES AT 2008 URBAN KNIGHT AWARDS ATLANTA, January 24, 2008 – Cox Radio (NYSE:CXR) announced today that David DuBose, Vice President and Market Manager of Cox Radio's Birmingham, AL cluster, and Tony Kidd, General Manager of Cox Radio's urban AC station and rhythmic CHR station in Atlanta, were named honorees at the 2008 Urban Knight Awards hosted by American Urban Radio Networks. Messrs. DuBose and Kidd will be honored for their efforts to help boost marketing and sales to urban consumers in their respective markets. The award ceremony will be held on February 11th in Atlanta during the RAB 2008 Sales, Management and Leadership conference. "We are thrilled that David and Tony are being honored for their contributions to the radio industry on behalf of urban consumers," said Bob Neil, President and CEO of Cox Radio. "These two individuals are valuable members of the Cox Radio family and they represent the caliber of committed and intelligent individuals that drive our operations." David DuBose has over 20 years of experience in the radio industry. He first joined Cox Radio in 1998 and is responsible for the operations of WBHK-FM, WBHJ-FM, WAGG-AM, and WPSB-AM – four urban targeted radio stations in Birmingham, Alabama. Prior to joining Cox, he has held leadership positions at H&P Radio, LLC, where he launched start-up operations for two new urban FM radio stations in Birmingham, and Heftel Broadcasting Company, where he managed the day-to-day operations of a six station Spanish language radio group in Dallas, Texas. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Communications and a Master's Degree in Communications – both from the University of Alabama. Tony Kidd has over 20 years of experience in broadcasting and currently serves as General Manager for Cox's urban AC station, WALR-FM, and rhythmic CHR station, WBTS-FM, both in Atlanta. Prior to his most recent post, Kidd has served Cox Radio as the General Manager of WTMI-FM, a Classical radio station in Miami, and as Station Manager for WHQT-FM Hot 105 and WFLC-FM Coast 97.3. Kidd's first management role was in Chicago working for Clear Channel's WVAZ-FM, where he successfully spearheaded the country's first Black Adult Contemporary music format. He served in that capacity for five years and worked to develop and fine tune the format. Mr. Kidd started his radio career while in college in Jacksonville, Florida at WQIK-FM, where he was first the On Air Announcer and then Music Director. "I am honored to be recognized by American Urban Radio Networks," said Mr. DuBose. "Urban consumers are an important audience for broadcast organizations to reach as their buying power continues to grow throughout the country and I am thrilled to be leading these efforts on behalf of Cox Radio." "The American Urban Radio Networks is a powerful voice for the urban consumer," said Mr. Kidd. "With more than 200 weekly shows, AURN reaches more African-Americans than any other medium in America, so to receive this honor and recognition from an organization such as AURN is a big deal and we couldn't be more excited." This is the seventh year that the Urban Knight Awards are being held. The Urban Knight Awards were initiated in 2002 to honor the valiant efforts of those in urban radio sales who have carried the banner of improving marketing and sales to the urban consumer marketplace. About Cox Radio About American Urban Radio Networks Contact:
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