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WUSA Washington has hired Chick Hernandez as its 11 p.m. sports anchor and lead anchor for the upcoming Commanders NFL season. reports TV

Aug 23, 2023
WUSA Washington adds Chick Hernandez as 11 p.m. sports anchor
Agency

Campaign Includes Video Voiceover by Renown ABC Correspondent and TBI Survivor Bob Woodruff RP3 launched a rebranding campaign for the Military Traumatic Brain Injury

Aug 23, 2023
RP3 agency launches rebranding effort for Military Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative
Advertising

The U.S. Army launched a marketing campaign that shows young Americans how they can start their journey to “Be All You Can Be.

Aug 22, 2023
Army launches “First Steps” marketing campaign, billed as most authentic portrayal of what it means to be a Soldier
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NPR’s top programming executive, Anya Grundmann, will step down at the end of the year after nearly three decades at the network. According

Aug 22, 2023
Anya Grundmann, NPR’s top programming executive, to step down after nearly 30 years at the network
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NPR has named Eva Rodriguez its vice president and executive editor, a role that will put her at the helm of the network’s

Aug 21, 2023
Eva Rodriguez named NPR vice president and executive editor, putting her in charge of NPR’s global journalistic operations
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Carol Randolph, who spent 17 years as the host of morning and public-affairs TV programs aimed at African American viewers in the D.

Aug 21, 2023
Carol Randolph, host of morning and public-affairs TV programs aimed at African Americans in D.C., dies at 82
Technology

A federal judge upheld a finding from the U.S. Copyright Office that a piece of art created by AI is not open to

Aug 20, 2023
AI-created art isn’t copyrightable, judge rules
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Patrick Paolini is leaving his position as Senior Vice President and General Manager of FOX 5 DC/WTTG after ten years in the role,

Aug 19, 2023
Patrick Paolini, Senior Vice President and General Manager of FOX 5 DC/WTTG, promoted to Executive Vice President of Ad Sales for Fox Television Stations
Agency

Award-winning photographer Cade Martin reports that Donna Spurrier, CEO at Richmond-based Spurrier Group, reached out to him, looking for someone to photograph

Aug 18, 2023
Photographer Cade Martin completes SPECtacular Showerspecs campaign
Media

Simone De Alba will be joining WUSA as a news anchor in September. De Alba announced on Facebook that she is leaving News 4

Aug 18, 2023
Simone De Alba joins WUSA9 as news anchor
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Roger Vilsack, a product of the ‘Don Draper’ era of advertising, has died. He was 81 years old. According to his obit, Wilsack led

Aug 18, 2023
Roger Vilsack, “a creative force in the Washington advertising community for decades,” has died
Agency

Crosby Marketing Communications has won three awards, including two Golds, in the 2023 Healthcare Advertising Awards. Now in its 40th year, the competition is

Aug 17, 2023
Crosby Wins Three Healthcare Marketing Awards
People

iHeartMedia’s WWDC (DC101)/Washington, DC Music Director and afternoon personality Greg Roche exits the Alternative outlet after 22 years. He joined the station

Aug 17, 2023
D.C.-area people in the news: Greg Roche, Charlie Brotman and William “Bill” Rolle
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IPC added Michelle Leff Mermelstein, APR, as senior director of media engagement to its staff at IPC’s office in Washington, D.C. In

Aug 17, 2023
IPC adds Michelle Leff Mermelstein, APR, as senior director of media engagement
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Darren Haynes. an eleven-time Emmy Award-winning Sports Anchor, has left D.C.-based WUSA9. His last broadcast was Aug. 16. “After talking

Aug 17, 2023
Darren Haynes, Emmy Award-winning Sports Anchor, exits WUSA9 for LA’s KCBS/KCAL
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