Scripps promotes Jonathan Katz to chief operating officer for new national TV networks
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CINCINNATI, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has appointed television industry veteran Jonathan Katz as chief operating officer and head of entertainment for its new national television networks business.
Katz will report to Lisa Knutson, who Scripps previously announced will lead the newly combined businesses of ION Media, the Katz networks and Newsy. Both appointments will be effective upon the close of Scripps acquisition of ION Media.
Jonathan Katz
Katz is founder, president and chief executive officer of the Katz networks, which Scripps acquired in 2017. In his new role, Katz will have responsibility for the networks entertainment brands including Bounce, Laff, Grit, Court TV Mystery and the ION networks as well as Brown Sugar and The List. He will have additional oversight of revenue, resear
Making the Band. He has won two primetime Emmy Awards for
Born This Way, a series documenting the lives of young adults with Down syndrome, and the documentary
Autism: The Musical. His most recent documentary titled
TransHood premiered on HBO in November 2020.
In 2012 Murray was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. He has served multiple terms on the board of the Television Academy representing the Reality Peer Group and has been a co-chair of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards committee.
Murray and Bunim/Murray Productions have been avid supporters of the Foundation s annual Summer Internship Program through the years, hosting and hiring numerous interns who have come through the program.
Jennifer Dorian named new CEO of PBA
Maria Saporta December 15, 2020 11:01 am
By Maria Saporta
In a specially-called meeting, the board of Public Broadcasting Atlanta (WABE 90.1 FM AND ATL PBA) Tuesday selected Jennifer Dorian, a 20-year veteran of Turner Broadcasting and WarnerMedia, as its new president and CEO.
Dorian, who will begin her new role Jan. 11, will fill the spot of Wonya Lucas, who served as PBA’s CEO from 2015-2020. Lucas recently joined Crown Media Family Networks as president and CEO.
Scott Woelfel, who served PBA as interim CEO throughout the search process, will continue in his role as chief content officer.