DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Meredith
Corporation (NYSE: MDP; www.meredith.com)
announced today that Dana Neves and
Kevin James have been promoted to
Local Media Group Senior Vice President roles, effective
immediately. Both Neves and James will continue to report to Local
Media Group President Patrick
McCreery.
Neves will oversee all labor relations activities for the Local
Media Group and continue to serve as General Manager at WFSB,
Meredith's CBS affiliate serving Hartford/New Haven,
CT. Neves started her career at Meredith and WFSB nearly 25
years ago as an intern. She worked her way up through the newsroom
ranks as an assignment manager, managing editor and assistant news
director. She was named News Director in 2006 and promoted to
VP/General Manager in 2018. Neves earned a bachelor's degree in
Broadcast Journalism from Elon
University in North
Carolina.
James will oversee revenue operations for Meredith's group of 17
television stations and continue in his role as General Manager at
KTVK 3TV and KPHO CBS5, Meredith's duopoly in Phoenix, AZ. James joined Meredith as the
Local Sales Manager at KPHO in 2005. He was promoted to General
Sales Manager at Meredith's FOX affiliate in Las Vegas, KVVU-TV, in 2013. He returned to
Phoenix in 2017 for the Director
of Sales position at CBS5 and 3TV before being promoted to
VP/General Manager in 2018. James earned a Bachelor of Arts in
Media Studies-Broadcast Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
"Dana and Kevin have both demonstrated incredible leadership at
their stations and for our organization and I am thrilled to
elevate them both to these new roles," said McCreery. "Dana has
been an integral member of our Labor Relations team for several
years. She is the perfect person to lead this team. Kevin has been
a leader for our sales teams for more than 15 years. He is
innovative and strategic and will be a terrific resource for our
sales teams across the country as we continue to navigate these
uncertain times and the upcoming period of economic recovery."
ABOUT MEREDITH CORPORATION
Meredith's Local Media Group includes 17 television stations
reaching 11 percent of U.S. households. Meredith's portfolio is
concentrated in large, fast-growing markets, with seven stations in
the nation's Top 25 and 13 in Top 50 markets. Meredith's stations
produce approximately 745 hours of local news and entertainment
content each week and operate leading local digital destinations.
Meredith also owns MNI Targeted Media, which delivers targeted
advertising solutions to more than 1,200 clients on a local,
regional and national level.
Meredith Corporation has been committed to service journalism
for nearly 120 years. Today, Meredith uses multiple distribution
platforms – including broadcast television, print, digital, mobile
and video – to provide consumers with content they desire and to
deliver the messages of its advertising and marketing partners.
Meredith's National Media Group brands serve more than 190
million unduplicated American consumers, including 120 million
women and 90 percent of U.S. millennial women.
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