Dee Bagwell Haslam is stepping down from her position as CEO of RIVR Media, the production company she formed with co-founder Rob Lundgren. Haslam (pictured) departs the Knoxville-based studio to devote more of her time to the NFL’s Cleveland Browns – where she serves as owner alongside her husband, Jimmy Haslam – and the Cleveland community.…
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Ben McWhorter is a consultant and former media sales management executive living in Knoxville, Tennessee with his feline roommates.
WVLT Names News Director
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. WVLT-TV announced Friday that Marybeth Jacoby has been named News Director of its CBS, CW, and MyNetwork network affiliated television stations and various digital platforms and products in Knoxville, Tennessee. Jacoby is an award-winning, seasoned news veteran with 20 years of experience. Prior to joining WVLT, Jacoby served as News Director at WLTX…
Gallup: Why Managers Must Ask 5 Questions to Empower Employees
It’s likely that you can easily recite your team members’ roles and responsibilities — what they do. But do you clearly understand, and can you explain, why they perform well in their roles? The most effective managers Gallup has studied share the ability — regardless of industry or organization type — to understand and describe…
Radio's Will West reveals secret past
On the air, it’s a success story. “When I heard sports talk radio for the first time, that was always my dream,” said Will West. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do for just about my whole life.” Before the lights ever came on for West it was a very different story. It was a story…
Asen Marketing Undergoes Big Changes
New Expansion Plans Have Asen Team Excited About Growth Knoxville, TN, April 04, 2018 –(PR.com)– Asen Marketing & Advertising is proud to announce the expansion of its Knoxville office. The future is bright for this full-service marketing and advertising agency. In the past few months, Asen has added two new hires, had countless client successes…
Tennessean to shift printing operations to Knoxville, continues investment in Nashville
Tennessean print readers will continue to receive their newspaper without interruption after the transition occurs. Amid ongoing transformation within the news industry, printing operations at The Tennessean will shift to a regional facility in Knoxville owned by its parent company, officials announced Wednesday. The move, timed with The Tennessean’s move next year from its historic…
How an Acronym You’ve Probably Never Heard of Will Change TV Advertising Forever
ACR will kick the addressable revolution into overdrive For years, brands have salivated over the prospect of fusing the best aspects of digital marketing with the tried-and-true canvas of linear television. Unfortunately, a lack of addressable inventory and a paucity of measurement tools have prevented advertisers from executing campaigns at scale. Today, the addressable TV…
2018 Radio Mercury Awards Finalists Announced
No less than 104 radio spots and campaigns have made it to the finals of the 2018 Radio Mercury Awards, which honor outstanding radio created by advertising agencies, production companies, radio stations and students. The 2018 finalists incorporate a wide range of small to large advertising agencies and radio stations, as well as national…
Noncompete Agreements Take a Toll on the Economy
Despite sky-high housing prices, Silicon Valley remains the vital center of the U.S. tech industry. Once an industry takes root in a particular place, it’s very hard to pull it away. Which makes it all the more important to understand: Why did Silicon Valley become Silicon Valley in the first place? One prominent theory is…
Pirkle Picks Up A Silent Stick In Knoxville
KNOXVILLE — Along Strawberry Plains Pike on the east side of the Holston River sits a dormant 10kw Class D daytimer that until recently was the home of a Sports format powered by SB Nation Radio. It is one step closer to returning to the air, as the station is being traded to an…