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Exclusive Interviews * Actor Spotlight on Sarah Jessica Parker * Red Carpet Interviews With the Girls * Special Features in Original Shows ALL WEEK LONG! Movies&Music 6:30pm ET * Hollywood Dailies 7:00pm ET REELZCHANNEL is TV About MoviesTM SOURCE: Nielsen Media Research, NHI, May 2010 Universe Estimates www.reelzchannel.com/advertise Cynopsis: Classified Advantage 05.25.10 Good morning – it’s Tuesday, May 25, 2010, and this is your weekly issue of Cyn opsis: Classified Advantage! This edition includes the top job listings in the Television, Media and Ad Agency markets, professional development advice from national experts, your Q & A’s with our experts, and a summary of executive moves among top companies. Memo to all employees from Your Boss First I want to thank you all for working so hard during these past 18 months. We lost a lot of good people due to cutbacks, but we kept the best. I want you all to know how much I appreciate all the sacrifices you have made on behalf of the company. I know that plenty of you are thinking about pay increases for your efforts. You deserve them, and I hope to give them to you. But not today. Not tomorrow. Not for a while. Yes we have started to hire new people, and while our situation has improved, we are still a long way from being the company we were two years ago. Until the company has created a stronger financial foundation, I cannot justify giving anyone, including myself, a higher salary. When the company is in a more comfortable financial situation, and the time is right, please take the time to prepare the reasons why you should receive an increase in salary. My suggestions on what to do: Read our policies on salary increases in the handbook. It will give you a good foundation about our practices and on how to proceed.
My suggestions on what NOT to do:
Be prepared, be candid and be professional, it’s the best way to get your raise. Next week: The economy is coming back and you have a job, now is the time to network. We are always on the look out for more Experts to advise our readers – if you’re a headhunter, job coach, career advisor, etc., and may be interested in contributing to this edition from time to time, please contact me at [email protected] .
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UGLY BETTY; Using Blogging To Connect With People By Being Yourself by Jessica Sitomer Betty Suarez, wanted to write magazine articles that would change the world. Her job at fashion magazine, MODE, made her feel like she wasn’t “living up to her potential.” Ever feel like that? Your career isn’t exactly where you want it to be, you’re not expressing yourself creatively, you’re comparing yourself to others whom you feel are more successful than you? If your answer is yes, then I hope you’ll be as motivated as Betty to take matters into her own hands. Betty decided to empower herself, by having her voice heard through blogging. Betty didn’t just write articles, she wrote about her life in her voice. Slowly she got a following, won a blog award, and it eventually led to her being offered a dream job in London. This exercise isn’t about being a professional writer. And it’s not about being perfect. It’s about sharing your career and your personal life (using a hook) so that people can get to know you. Because when people know you, that’s when they want to HIRE YOU! Here’s the simple formula: 1. Decide for what job you want to market yourself 2. Decide your hook, something that makes you interesting to a specific group of people: Surfing Senior VP, Cooking Creative Exec, Daddy Director of Marketing. 3. Create Value by making a list of topics to give you the confidence that you’ll have stuff to write about. Make the “stuff” valuable. Value can be: answers to questions, solutions to problems, making people laugh. 4. Decide how often you’re going to blog 5. Let go of limiting beliefs like, “I’m not a writer” or “It’s not ready because it has to be perfect” or “I’m not good with computers.” (It’s about the value you’re giving and the relationships you’re creating- NOT about getting spelling and grammar awards). Go to blogger.com or wordpress.com and see how easy it is to start a blog FOR FREE! This is the information age. People are connecting online. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to market yourself in a personal way! If you have any specific questions you’d like our Experts to address, please email them to me, John Cox at [email protected]. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CTHRA Industry Transformation: An Opportunity to TAKE CH A R GE ! Technological advances, colliding competitive forces, and changes in consumer behavior are radically changing our industry. Discover winning response strategies at CTHRA’s HR Symposium on June 8 in Atlanta . Hosted by the Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association, this event will feature compelling speakers sharing practical insight, an awards luncheon, and networking reception – all for only $175 per person! Register at http://www.cthra.com/educational_events.php .
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Questions from our Readers Answered by Jessica Sitomer I have been out of work for over 18 months. When I get a job, currently interviewing, am I going to get low balled when in comes to salary because they might (correctly) infer that I am desperate? I’ve thought about using a functional resume, but everyone says it does more harm than good. Other than being confident during interviews, is there any way I can avoid the low end of the salary scale? Two things to address in the short space, here. The first, do your research. Speak to associates who’ve been hired or have been doing the hiring in the last 6 months so you can have an idea of what salaries have been offered and accepted. If you have no personal friends who can help, go on Facebook and ask your “Friends” if they can privately email you their experience with salary and advise you what to ask for, based on your experience and past salary. There’s no way to know if they will low ball you, but they may try. Be sure they know what you were making at your last job (since it sounds like it was on the high end). Then, when actually negotiating for salary, you always want the other person to put a dollar amount on the table first. Look through the Cynopsis Advantage archives. I’m pretty sure I recall reading some articles on negotiating tactics. The second and BIG issue, is your desperation. You can’t mask desperation with confidence. It is too transparent. Subtle, because the interviewer may not fully know what it is that he liked about someone else better than you, but what it is, is that your desperation will seep through in your language, your tonality, and most revealing and hardest to control, your physiology. That said, you can change your desperate feelings before going into an interview. Have you ever had a dream where you were being chased and you woke up in a sweat with your heart racing? That’s your unconscious at work. It doesn’t know the difference between what’s real and what’s imagined. It just knows what you’re thinking, SO, you have to think of a time/scenario where you felt completely confident, or imagine something that would make you feel completely confident, and allow those feelings into all of your senses. Really allow your body to feel the feelings of being totally confident. You may even have a song that gets you feeling great, like “Eye of the Tiger,” (which used to work for me, but may have perhaps been compromised by the hysterical ukulele version on Modern Family). You want to be thinking about THAT scenario, listening to THAT song, or both, before walking into that interview. And be the confident person who you are. Do bosses assume that when I request for a performance review, that I am really asking for a raise? Are you? If you are, then they probably have a good idea because it will reflect in the way you ask. If you’re not, you will most likely tell them why you want the performance review, in which case they won’t assume you’re asking for a raise. So, I’m not really clear why you’re asking this question. If it’s because you want a raise, and a performance review will reflect that you deserve one, then what does it matter if they know? If you feel that asking for a raise will somehow put your job in jeopardy but you still want a performance review on file for the future when it’s a better time to ask, then make it clear when asking that you’re not asking for a raise, simply a performance review. Anything they choose to assume after that is out of your control. Jessica Sitomer,The Greenlight Coach,answers an entertainment industry question daily at www.AndActionBook.blogspot.com . Have a question for our experts? Send it to [email protected]
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Interview/Job Search Process (part 4) By Zig Gauthier • DOMINATE. • Research executive and company (programming, production and development OR acts and labels; which shows are in development, production, on the air, etc.). • Arrival time for interview should be 15-30 minutes before scheduled appointment time, especially at a studio. • Work for larger, high profile companies early in your career. • You should arrive to the interview with three copies of your resume on resume paper and three copies of your professional references on resume paper, enclosed in a leather binder/portfolio. At the very beginning of the interview, you should hand a copy of each of your resume and references to the interviewer, even if they already have a print out in their hands. Why? Because is sets the tone that you are a bad mamma jamma and they need to seriously consider your candidacy. • Shake hands firmly and professionally. • Bring a pad, pen, and leather portfolio to ALL meetings, not just interviews. • Wear appropriate business attire to all interviews and meetings. When in doubt, overdress. Countless people have not received job offers for under-dressing, but very few have not received job offers for overdressing. • Keep your answers short, polished, well articulated and professional. Smile, be confident, be engaged and be aware. The best way to do this is to make a list of the 15 questions you have a high chance of being asked (why do you want to work here, what is your long term career goal, strengths, weaknesses, tell me about your experience at ____, etc.). Practice answering questions ahead of time. • Do not ask too many questions. When an interviewer asks if the interviewee has any questions, it is a loaded question. Most questions should have clear answers pre-interview. It is not an opportunity to “ask away” or this will reinforce that you are too junior, green or inexperienced for the open position. Perhaps a simple question about the timeline by which the hiring decision is being made, but not much more. Again, an experienced, prepared candidate simply should not have too many questions. The goal is not to get questions answered, but rather prove that you are the number one candidate for the job out of hundreds of resumes received. • Be positive. Do not say anything negative about past companies, colleagues, bosses, employees, etc. Companies do not want to employ cancerous individuals. • Send a follow up email thank you to the assistant and the executive within 24 hours. Again, this should be concise, professional and personalized. Hand written cards are good, but often times by the time the card is received via mail 3-4 days later, the decision has long been made. • Turn off your cell phone. • Respond to emails and phone calls within 24 hours. • No cologne or perfume. • All of the above every time. Zig Gauthier is President of Red Varden Studios and Founder of Hollywood Mentorship Program.org. Based on his experience of more a decade working in entertainment, Gauthier opens the door for others to find success through his Hollywood Mentorship Program. ( www.hollywoodmentorshipprogram.org ). Gauthier relayed his career advice at a recent Entertainment Career Workshop given by the Television Academy Diversity Committee. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
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NBC Universal Universal City CA http://www.nbcunicareers.com / OTHER INDUSTRY JOBS OF INTEREST … navigate Interactive Agency and Client organizations to find key executive decision makers providing custom solutions to meet the needs and wants of our core clients setting up our product to deliver highly targeted and relevant advertisements for our premium clients and publishers develop comprehensive internal and external corporate communication strategy for the company and implement a plan that heightens Vibrant’s visibility manage existing interactive agency and client accounts, as well as develop new business develop innovative marketing, promotional & social initiatives to drive awareness of and engagement with HBO.com independently construct an analysis framework and arrive at an economic and financial assessment (e.g. business models) of a contemplated digital initiative or business proposal, using a variety of ROI metrics lead the strategic development of all consumer-focused marketing activity to build the show brand on-channel and off-channel media strategy and plan development manage social and digital media projects across all NBC News shows responsible for all new subscription acquisition for Sports Illustrated, Golf and Sports Illustrated for Kids magazines build a newly created inside sales organization initiate and oversee show packaging, opens and specialty shoots while maintaining a high level of creativity and production value within the boundaries of given deadlines and budget parameters assist in development of overall product strategy for HBO and Cinemax On Demand – including next-generation UI plans – to drive customer satisfaction and overall HBO retention create strategic advertising solutions by integrating cross network advertising & sponsorships, market research, and data targeted advertising & analytics into a comprehensive “story” and customer centric advertising solution authoritative & respected voice in the interactive media community protect and grow territory and related account revenue to exceed revenue goals implement HBO’s acquisition marketing calendar based upon subscriber acquisition targets research, analyze and identify the “art of the possible” in content distribution means that will meet the needs of a project or as directed by Management accurately traffic all Turner sold interactive campaigns with an emphasis on video and display advertising for the Turner Entertainment New Media sites to help maximize revenue analyze ad revenue reports and provide insights to Strategic Planning and Sales management support the entire Sports division, including programming, production, marketing and media relations oversee execution and implementation of all details for promotional and smaller-scale partner activations, while being a support resource on major sponsor programs responsible for developing new products and features to enhance the User experience and brand on the preschool and parenting websites prepare and customize all required sales materials, research, and support information lead project teams to deliver multiple, simultaneous projects that span across several business or technology areas, with specialized focus on financial and manufacturing systems implementation develop and execute the monthly program schedules – linear, on demand, broadband -so that they are balanced, distinctive and complementary to other cable services grow territory/account revenue to meet and exceed revenue goals manage social and digital media projects across all NBC News shows act as a lead Producer of Bravo Emerging Media initiatives including interactive TV or other live events leading project from start to completion, including operational, editorial and cross-departmental oversight generate Upfront and Scatter media plans that maximize the use of inventory while fulfilling agency/client requirements overall sales support to the sales staff, administering existing deals, coordinating pending deals and following through to closure with all format clients revenue goals which include, developing existing business as well as developing new business supervise and oversee the editorial vision of shows direct interaction with NBC Universal’s Digital Media Advertising Sales Team and Clients to ensure campaign fulfillment lead the strategic development of all consumer-focused marketing activity to build the show brand writing, producing and editing on-air promotional spots and campaigns for Oxygen’s fast-paced on-air promotions department serve as a sales lead for the Telemundo Network Sales New York office creating, developing and distributing unscripted series and lifestyle formats to the cable networks liaise with territories regarding timings, assets and forecasts develop and deliver strategic solutions that assist clients with improving their overall marketing and business goals using Synapse’s products and services drive effective off-channel media plans for all NGC/NGW Marketing priorities work closely with Platform Managers, DayPart Managers and Assignment Editors, as well as Reporters and Anchors to desktop edit, write, produce and gather content on all of WRC’s platforms, including but not limited to Out-of-Home, web and broadcast oversee promo projects and campaigns from conception through execution act as a back-up to the STPL Manager for all system related responsibilities plans and execute annual marketing plans for the region according to the network and the countries needs overseeing project workflow, managing teams and providing overall project direction and supervision for projects in support of CNN, TEN and AYKAM tracking and communicating: responsible for the tracking of all primetime integrations that have been presented and/or sold work on all phases of promo production including concept development, production, post production and adaptation to other platforms work on all phases of Sports promo production including concept development, production, post production and adaptation to other platforms acting as an internal and external evangelist for Telemundo’s Emerging Business Unit overseeing the story development and production of a compelling, daily, half hour newscast and supervision of its staff visit both agencies and clients in a daily basis, develop and strength relationships with key decision makers at both client and agency levels to be updated and understand deeply their business, think strategically to close bigger deals fortify and expand the existing sales relationships across a variety of categories selling the station’s commercial inventory, creating customized and unique promotions, attending client driven events, and selling any/all sports properties navigate Interactive Agency and Client organizations to find key executive decision makers fortify and expand the existing sales relationships across a variety of categories develop and execute incentive programs manage Ad-trafficking (setup new campaigns, update existing) for US, Canada and Australia develop best practices and procedures on ad trafficking, and training and coaching peers to these accountable for ensuring high quality/on time delivery for multiple online products provide business, legal and financial guidance around key initiatives work with creative, research, national publicity, field publicity, media, online media and partnerships to help each division understand the African-American movie going population create customized strategies for reaching them and develop customized cultural outreach and marketing for this growing movie-going constituency identify and generate new sales opportunities support and develop sales/financial systems for a multi-billion dollar business unit drafting “boiler plate” language on license agreements for use across the sales organization, drafting contracts for station groups, and contracts that have special provisions not covered by “boiler plate” form responsible for the management and development of the Associate Category Managers (ACM’s) generate story ideas and participate in editorial meetings produce sales equal to or exceeding personal budgets authoritative & respected voice in the interactive media community manage existing interactive agency and client accounts, as well as develop new business forge strategic content partnerships with key top tier publishers assume role of “data and analysis guru” for the Nick Virtual Worlds, Group Premium services manage the digital user experience research process across all MTVN Kids and Family brands oversee company’s University Relations efforts in the SouthWest Region ~ RECAP: THIS WEEK’S CYNOPSIS CLASSIFIEDS & INTERNSHIPS ~
Cynopsis CLASSIFIEDS – For More classifieds, visit the Cynopsis.com classifieds page here – also check out our Facebook page where our classifieds are listed the night before the editions are published! JOB OPENING: PROJ MGR, SOCIAL MEDIA & MULTIPLATFORM/NY: 5 yrs digital analytics &/or rsrch exp. Knwlg statistical analysis methods & software products & MS products; Knwlg of multimedia landscape. Resume to: [email protected] (5/29) JOB OPENING: VP LEGAL AFFAIRS ABC FAMILY/LA: Hands-on experience in TV series development and production. Min 15 yrs devl/prod/licensing. Provide leadership and guidance to Sr mgmt. Apply www.disneycareers.com # 230572 (5/29) JOB OPENING: DIGITAL AE/Sony Pictures Ent/NY: Generate leads, sell invntry, maintain deals & manage invntry rel. to online initiatives. Apply: www.sonypicturesjobs.com (5/29) JOB OPENING: DIGITAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/Discovery Communications/Chicago: Sell national advertising for Discovery’s interactive properties includ internet, mobile, VOD & Podcast, www.discovery.com / , Req 9611 (5/28) JOB OPENING: SALES SRVC EXEC/Univision/NY: Build media proposals, steward accts. Work w/ agencies/clients. Prior agency/ntwrk sales exp a must. Dealmaker exp., &Span. spkng pref’d.Strong Excel/Ppt/Wrd skills. EOE [email protected] (5/28) JOB OPENING: DIGITAL MEDIA ANALYST/WWE/Stamford CT: Work w/web analytics platforms. Analyze trends,produce/present reports. 1-3 yrs work experience (Omniture use) a must. Shuttle service/great benefits offered. www.wwe-careers.com (5/28) JOB OPENING: MARKETING ASST/Silver Spring, MD: Focus on both corp & brand publicity, BA/BS, excllt comm, interpersonal, org skills, 1+ yr exp. Resume, ltr, writing & placement samples to [email protected]. EOE (5/28) JOB OPENING: FREELANCE EDITORIAL DIR/Nick@Nite/NY: Leads excellence in On-Air Promos & Advrtsng creative dvlpmnt; ensuring tone, message & writing are on-brand. [email protected] MTV Networks is an equal opp employer EOE/M/F/D/AAP (5/27) JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR AD SALES SOUTHEAST/Hallmark Channels/Atlanta: based and accountable for covering a 14 state territory. View full posting & apply: www.hallmarkchannel.com “Jobs” (5/27) JOB OPENING: DVLPMNT RSRCHR/PRODUCER/NYC: For reality/non-fict TV. Extnsve rsrch for characters, subcultures, formats for next big hit. Basic shoot/edit/cast & treatment writing. Res/Cov Ltr: [email protected]. 2+ yrs exp req’d (5/26) JOB OPENING: SPRVSNG PROD DCGEP/Discovery Communications/MD: Directs creative, editorial & budget aspects of original prod, reversions & promo, 7+yrs of Sr. Prod for factual prgrm for internat’l offices. www.discovery.com Req#9686 (5/26) JOB OPENING: EP/Discovery Communications/TLC/NY: For TLC’s internat’l orig prod, 8+yrs direct prgrm dvlp & prod, familiar w/internat’l mkt place, ability to combine commercial & creative imperatives. www.discovery.com Req#9689 (5/26) JOB OPENING: DIGITAL AD SALES/Top Tier Music Centric Company/NYC: Bring relationships and strong work ethic, 2years minimum exp. knowledge of agency outside of NY East Coast a +. Contact: [email protected] (5/26) JOB OPENING: MULTI MEDIA DESIGN-FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER/ Scripps Networks/ Knoxville, TN: Create multimedia financial presentations for corp clients. 3-5 yrs exp graphic design. Apply: www.Scrippsnetworks.com #1570 (5/25) JOB OPENING: MGR SCHEDULING/New York: Lead sched’g strategy.Contribute to network plan’g/direction including sched’g, prgrmng & acquisitions. https://www.abso.com/jobboard/Default.aspx?JOBBOARDID=618&JobDetail=72679 (5/25) JOB OPENING: RESEARCH MGR/CAFEMOM/NY: Res. studies for ad prgrms, update synd. res. reports, ad hoc reports for mgmt insight. 5 yrs exp; exp w/comScore or Nielsen NetRating data; Excel, PPoint. More at www.cafemom.com/about/jobs.php (5/25) JOB OPENING: ACCOUNTANT/NY Jets/Florham Park NJ Month end close, bank statement reconciles & G/L reconciliations, general ledger entries. 3-5 yrs exp in public & private. Great Plains exp. BA in Accounting. Resume: [email protected] (5/25) ~ RECAP: THIS WEEK IN EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Effective immediately, Doug Thomas was elevated to EVP/GM for Tribune365, the national sales solutions team for Tribune Company. In his new position, Doug will be in charge of all the division’s efforts and will hone in on sales development opportunities and increasing revenue. AMC promoted Krista Sonne as VP/Scheduling and Program Planning up from Director/Scheduling and Toby Greenfield was bumped to Director/Scheduling up from Manager/Scheduling. Krista will still manage the scheduling of AMC’s linear and non-linear platforms in addition to now being involved with choosing and acquiring feature films for the network. Toby continues to oversee the network’s daily program schedule with further duties involving the network’s VOD platform. Krista reports to Tom Halleen, SVP/Programming and Scheduling and Toby reports to Krista Sonne. Ovation named Sonia Tower in the newly-created position as VP/Community Relations. Most recently, Sonia served in leadership roles within Americans for the Arts and the Obama Arts Policy Committee. At Ovation, the network dedicated to supporting the arts and contemporary culture, Sonia is responsible for managing the network’s advocacy efforts and outreach on special initiatives. Based at Ovation’s headquarters in Santa Monica, Sonia reports to Gaynor Strachan Chun, SVP/Marketing. David Griffin was named in the new position as Executive Editor/Electronic Publishing at National Geographic and National Geographic Traveler magazines. Furthermore, Kurt Mutchler will now take on the new position as Executive Editor/Photography. Veria, the natural health and wellness company consisting of Veria TV, a website and an all-natural product line added Eric Turpin as Executive Director/Distribution and Teddy Pritkin as Director/Ad Sales. Eric joins with distribution experience from Food Network, The Box Music Network and most recently Tennis Channel. Teddy, in his new role, will lead Veria’s general rate and direct response advertising department. He previously worked as a media buyer at Young and Rubicam and in various positions at Lifetime Television and Game Show Network. Tribune Broadcasting elevated John Cruse as VP/GM for the company’s TV duopoly WGNO/WNOL in New Orleans, effective immediately. John was formerly the Director/Sales for the two stations since 2005. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) upped Kate Marsh to SVP/Broadcast and Channel Development as part of the company’s networks unit. In her elevated role, Kate will specifically develop the performance of SPT’s roster of channels across EMEA. Kate will also continue to manage the EMEA broadcast networks team located in London and oversee SPT’s networks business in Italy. She reports to Ross Hair, EVP/International Networks, SPT. Island Def Jam Music Group named Jon Vanhala in the newly-created position as SVP/Digital and New Business Development. Jon will supervise the company’s digital strategy, e-commerce, digital marketing and new business efforts. Based in New York, Jon reports to Steve Bartels, President/COO. Caroline Lang advances to SVP/Managing Director, France with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). Previously, Caroline was VP/Managing Director and in her new capacity she will continue to head the company’s television distribution operations in France where she manages the licensing of television series, theatrical feature films, movies for television and animation to free and pay TV operators via terrestrial, cable, satellite and IPTV platforms. Caroline will furthermore be involved with the company’s Branded Services group working to maintain and launch new SVOD services in France. Based in Paris, Caroline continues to report to Jose Abad, SVP/Managing Director, Southern Europe, WBITD. ABC Owned Television Stations Group announced Walter Liss, President is retiring from his position and will immediately become a consultant for the group to assist with the management transition. Walter was named President of the stations group in May 1999 where he had primary oversight for the 10 ABC O&Os and for the group’s ABC National Television Sales rep firm. Directly following this announcement, Rebecca Campbell was named as Liss’ replacement as President of ABC Owned Television Stations Group where she will report directly to Anne Sweeney, Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group. Rebecca takes on her new role after serving as President/GM of WABC/New York since October 2007. Michele Koch was tapped as Director/Affiliate Marketing for Hallmark Channels consisting of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc. Michele will be charged with boosting awareness for both networks among affiliates in addition to supporting and increasing viewership, revenue and distribution strategies. Based in New York, Michele reports to Susanne McAvoy, SVP/Marketing, Hallmark Channels. Universal Sports Network, a partnership involving NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners, LP, added Faye Walker as SVP/Marketing. In her new position, Faye will manage the marketing communications and branding activities for the network. She will report to David Sternberg, CEO. Faye joins Universal Sports Network from MGM’s Worldwide Television unit where she led the marketing efforts. Congratulations Faye! Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. elevated Deborah Powell as NSM for Mega TV up from AE. Deborah will head national spot sales for Mega TV in Miami and other markets and will further manager national network reps. Brad Johnson, who recently joined CMT as SVP, has had his duties increased to include the supervision of all series development for the network. When Brad joined the network last November he was specifically focused on comedy development. Now, Brad will oversee all series development encompassing comedy, scripted, reality and game shows. Brad continues to be located in Los Angeles, reporting to Bob Kusbit, Head/Development, CMT. Claire McCabe, VP/Development based in Nashville and Melanie Moreau, VP/Development in Los Angeles will both now report to Brad. Pam Alfa was upped to LSM at KCBS/Los Angeles. In her new capacity, Pam will manage the station’s local sales activities. John Wilson advanced to Assistant News Director at KYW-TV and WPSG-TV, the respective CBS and The CW affiliates in the Philadelphia market. Nutmeg Post added three new Audio Engineers: Frank Cabanach, Roger Licari and James Von Beulow. 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