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| Neil Ripley |
Neil Ripley, who has more than 20 years of media and technology experience, will join NBCUniversal’s advertising and partnerships division unit as VP-communications on March 14.
He will promote the narrative around ad technology, data, and cross-platform media measurement.
Most recently, Ripley was head of communications at Comscore, where he guided the company's PR related to its media measurement capabilities.
He also worked at MWWPR (now MikeWorldwide), Golin and Hill+Knowlton Strategies.
NBCU also named Margaux Fleuranges senior manager in charge of executive thought leadership and social media strategy.
She was senior associate, corporate communications at Univision, where she led external communications for its local media division and social media strategy for the company’s corporate B2B accounts.
Earlier, Fleuranges worked at 5W Public Relations, Tractenberg & Co. and Rubenstein PR.
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. has replaced CEO and former California Congressman Devin Nunes with Kevin McGurn, a seasoned media sales executive.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is being bought by the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, a nonprofit that is the parent organization of the Baltimore Banner... The British Broadcasting Corporation is axing approximately 2,000 jobs, about 10 percent of its work force... Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is also succumbing to layoff fever, announcing plans to lay off 16 percent of its employees, about 1,000 people.
CBS News Radio will go off the air on May 22, part of the axe-swinging managerial plan put into play by CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss... The Economist, which was first published in 1843, is changing hands. Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith has agreed to acquire a 26.9 percent stake in the publication from Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, her family and family foundation... Nexstar Media Group says it has closed its acquisition of TEGNA, the broadcast, digital media and marketing services company that was formed in 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publicly traded companies.
USA TODAY brings on Jamie Stockwell as VP of news, effective March 30. Stockwell was most recently deputy managing editor of news for the Washington Post... YouTube expands its likeness detection capabilities to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates... The AP Fund for Journalism adds 50 news organizations to its local news program, bringing the total number of participating newsrooms to 100. 
Versant Media Group, the NBCUniversal cable TV spin-off, today reported its first financial results as 2025 revenues dipped 5.3 percent to $6.7B and standalone EBITDA dropped 9.1 percent to $2.2B.
