We've got confrimation that KING 5 in Seattle will be one of the new marketing hub centers for Tegna, which has announced that marketing departments at its many stations will unfortunately be shut down in mid-January. My friends at fvlive.com posted the corporate memo, the first big swing taken by the new boss who replaced the long-running corporate czar Dave Lougee (former KING GM and ND) in August.   One would think they will hub for KGW in Portland, KREM in Spokane and KTVB in Boise.  Makes sense as the station with the most resources. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2024/11/19/the-internal-memo

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Longtime respected and talented reporter Pat Dooris is hangin' em up after 34 years at KGW in Portland.  From kgw.com: Dooris announced Friday evening that he'll be taking on a communications role in the office of incoming Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez.

From Sports Media Watch: TNT to license "Inside the NBA" to ABC/ESPN starting next season, per Joe Flint of the Wall Street Journal. Separately, WarnerBrosDiscovery and NBA settle lawsuit, with WBD to continue operating NBA TV. NBA Countdown may be the goner in this deal. Ernie, Shaq, Chuckster and Kenny will rise again in 2025 as long as none of them 'goes fishin.'

  It's official, Kelly Hanson is the new host of New Day Northwest on KING 5.  She started as a sales assistant and has been the best fill-in host for the show since Amity Addrisi left for the Allen Institute.  The memo from King program boss Jay Yovanovich; I am elated to announce Kelly Hanson has been named host of New Day Northwest! Kelly brings an array of skills to the role with a background in lifestyle content creation. Kelly has spent the last 11 years at KING 5, working as a true triple threat. Her work with our most prominent clients has produced dynamic commercial campaigns and solid professional relationships in client services, which has resulted in repeat business. Her work on the Marketing side has garnered a coveted Promax GOLD award in the top category, (Large Market/ Image). This award is considered the top award in local television marketing. And then there's Local Lens Seattle. Kelly helped start our flagship YouTube series and has singlehandedly kept it ali

Accusations coming forward on player mistreatment allegations to the WNBA team https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm/seattle-storm-being-investigated-after-alleged-player-mistreatment/