The E.W. Scripps Co. has promoted a former sales manager of WCPO-TV Channel 9 to run the company’s television segment, which includes 10 local TV stations plus Internet and digital businesses in nine U.S. markets.
Brian Lawlor will take the job Jan. 1, following the retirement of Bill Peterson.
Lawlor is a former general manager of Scripps’ NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla. During his tenure, he launched multiple news and weather Web sites, a 24-hour digital weather channel and South Florida’s first high-definition local newscasts.
Lawlor holds an MBA from Miami University and started his Scripps career as a television sales rep in the early 1990s. He is married with three children and is a marathon runner and Ironman tri-athlete.
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/11/03/daily54.html
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