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January 2013 Updates by Region

New York Metro Region

New York Post (New York, NY) -- Veteran Editor/Reporter Jesse Angelo (jangelo@nypost.com) returned to the paper as its Publisher. After a long career at the paper Editorial Page Editor Bob McManus retires. William McGurn (bmcgurn@nypost.com) was named the new Editorial Page Editor. McGurn is also a Columnist for the Wall Street Journal.

CNN (New York, NY) -- Jake Tapper (https://twitter.com/jaketapper) said goodbye to ABC News and joined CNN as Anchor/Senior Washington Correspondent.

USA Today - New York Bureau (New York, NY) -- Editor David Craig (dcraig@usatoday.com) was named Money/Technology Managing Editor.

New York Daily News (New York, NY) -- Sarah Ryley (sryley@nydailynews.com and https://twitter.com/MissRyley) is the new Courts & Transportation Reporter.

ABC News (New York, NY) -- Martha Raddatz (https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz) was named Global Foreign Affairs Correspondent. Jon Karl (https://twitter.com/jonkarl) was named Chief White House Correspondent.

Newsweek Global (New York, NY) -- Justine Rosenthal (justine.rosenthal@newsweekdailybeast.com) was named the Editorial Director of the new online only publication.

ProPublica (New York, NY) -- A number of changes to announce here: Stephen Engelberg was named Editor-in-Chief. Robin Fields (robin.fields@propublica.org) was named Managing Editor. Eric Umansky (eric.umansky@propublica.org) was named Assistant Managing Editor.

Vogue Magazine (New York, NY) -- Zoe Lescaze (zoe_lescaze@condenast.com) was named the Interim Features Assistant.

Cosmopolitan (New York, NY) -- Former Glamour Editor Marina Khidekel (mkhidekel@hearst.com) is the new Deputy Editor at Cosmo.

Discover Magazine (New York, NY) -- Stephen George (sgeorge@discovermagazine.com) is the new Editor-in-Chief; he was recently Executive Editor at Reader's Digest Association Inc.

Parenting Magazine (New York, NY) -- Jayna Maleri (jayna.maleri@bonniercorp.com) is the new Food/Crafts Senior Editor.

Saveur Magazine (New York, NY) -- Judy Haubert (judy.haubert@bonniercorp.com) is the new Associate Test Kitchen Director.

MSNBC (New York, NY) -- Seasoned journalist Trymaine Lee (https://twitter.com/trymainelee) joined as National Reporter.

WSJ Magazine (New York, NY) -- David Thielebeule was welcomed as Fashion Market/Accessories Director. Magnus Berger joined as Creative Director.

SheFinds (New York, NY) -- Samantha Lear was named Assistant Editor.

Nylon Magazine (New York, NY) -- Ashley Baker succeeds Luke Crisell as Executive Editor.

Buzzfeed (New York, NY) -- Political Reporter McKay Coppins (mckay@buzzfeed.com) was promoted to Political Editor. Former Rolling Stone Reporter Erica Futterman is the new Managing Editor.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (New York, NY) -- Correspondent Wyatt Cenac departed from the show.

Architetural Digest (New York, NY) -- Style Editor Anne Monoky parted ways with the magazine.

Real Simple Magazine (New York, NY) -- Sarah Copeland (sarah_copeland@realsimple.com) is the new Food Director.

New York Times (New York, NY) -- Seasoned Editor/Reporter Dean Murphy (murphyd@nytimes.com) was named Business section Editor.

The Today Show (New York, NY) -- Features Correspondent Mike Leonard parted ways with the show.

WPIX-TV (New York, NY) -- News Anchor Jodi Applegate said farewell on December 20th.

T and C Magazine (New York, NY) -- The new Associate Publisher is Matthew Talomie.

WGLS-FM (Glassboro, NJ) -- General Manager Frank Howard retired from the station after 22 years.

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Politico (Arlington, VA) -- White House Editor Rachel Smolkin (rsmolkin@politico.com and https://twitter.com/RachelSmolkin) has been promoted to Deputy Managing Editor. Congressional Editor Martin Kady (mkady@politico.com and http://twitter.com/mkady) takes the reins as Editor of Politico Pro. Congress Editor Mike Zapler (mzapler@politico.com) takes over as Political Editor. Former Amarillo Globe-News Reporter Bobby Cervantes join the team as a Reporting Fellow.

NBC News - Washington Bureau (Washington, DC) -- Peter Alexander (peter.alexander@nbcuni.com and https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander) moves to DC to become the White House Correspondent. And former Associated Press Reporter Kasie Hunt (kasie.hunt@nbcuni.com) joins on as a new Political Reporter.

NPR News (Washington, DC) -- Gene Demby (https://twitter.com/GeeDee215) is the new Culture Reporter/Blogger.

The Cook Political Report (Washington, DC) -- Former ABC News Political Director Amy Walter (https://twitter.com/amyewalter) returns to become the National Editor.

Philly.com (philadelphia, PA) -- Brian McCrone (bmccrone@phillynews.com) leaves Metro Philly to become the Breaking News Editor.

WTXF-TV (Philadelphia, PA) -- News Director Jim Driscoll moves from WNYW-TV to become the News Director at this Fox affiliate.

WCAU-TV (Philadelphia, PA) -- Twenty year veteran News Anchor Tim Lake has been let go from this NBC affiliate.

The Washington Post (Washington, DC) -- Political Reporter Ned Martel has left the Post.

The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) -- County News Reporter Mary Gail Hare retired after 17 years at the Sun.

The News Journal (Wilmington, DE) -- Suzanne Herel (sherel@delawareonline.com and https://twitter.com/SuzanneHerel) is the new Assistant City Editor.

U.S. News & World Report (WAshington, DC) -- Reporter Ryan Lytle (https://twitter.com/rlytle) has left to become a Social Media Producer at Mashable!

Governing (Washington, DC) -- Former Washington Examiner Reporter Liz Farmer (lfarmer@governing.com and https://twitter.com/LizFarmerDC) joins the team as a Finance Reporter.

The Verge (Washington, DC) -- Russell Brandom (https://twitter.com/russellbrandom) joins on as a Reporter.

WRDW-FM (Philadelphia, PA) -- Morning Show Co-Hosts Chio and Shila Nathan have both left the station.

WJFK-FM (Washington, DC) -- Washington Post scribe Mike Wise and  Co-Host Chris Johnson are no longer working the midday shift and have departed the station.

WGRC-FM (Lewisburg, PA) -- General Manager Larry Weidman has retired.

The Washington Times (Washington, DC) -- Political Reporter Kerry Picket has left the Times.

The Daily Caller (Internet) -- Matthew Boyle has left this online Political Publication.

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The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) --  Brian McGrory (mcgrory@globe.com) was named Editor of the paper. McGrory, a Columnist and former Metro Editor at the paper, has been at The Globe since 1989, starting off as the paper boy. McGrory is a Boston native. He attended Bates College and has worked for The New Haven Register and The Patriot Ledger. He succeeds Martin Baron. McGrory is also an author, having published his first non-fiction book. Check out the Globe on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe.

WBZ-TV (Boston, MA) -- This CBS affiliate and The Boston Globe (https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe) have joined forces in agreeeing to a content sharing agreement that will combine their resources of video (The Globe) and reporting (WBZ) to better serve their audience by providing a vast amount of information through more efficient methods. Check out WBZ on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/cbsboston.

Clear Channel Portsmouth (Portsmouth, NH) -- Tim Moore (timmoore@clearchannel.com) is the new Program Director for the communication company’s Portsmouth cluster: WERZ-FM, WSKX-FM, WMYF-AM, and WPKX-AM.

WKSS-FM and WKCI-FM (Hartford, CT) -- J.B. Wild (https://twitter.com/jbwilde) has joined the two Clear Channel stations as their new Program Director. Previously he was the Program Director and host for WWVA-FM in Atlanta.

WVII-TV/WFVX-TV (Bangor, ME) -- Former radio broadcaster Craig Colson (ccolson@wvii.com) has been named NewsDirector/Anchor at this Rockfleet Broadcasting duopoly. He also previously spent 25 years working for WABI-TV. 

TechTarget (Needham, MA) -- Congratulations to Robert Richardson (https://twitter.com/cryptorobert). Richardson is the new Head of Editorial for its Security Media Group.  He is responsible for editorial operations for Information security, SearchSecurity.com, SecarchSecurityChannel.com, SearchFinancialSecurity.com and SearchMidmarketSecurity.com.

WFXT-TV (Dedham, MA) -- Melissa Mahan (https://twitter.com/Fox25Melissa) becomes Weekend Anchor for the Boston Fox O&O station (https://twitter.com/fox25news).

WTIC-TV (Hartford, CT) -- Reporter George Colli is no longer with the station.

New Hampshire Public Radio (Concord, NH) -- Michael Brindley (mbrindley@nhpr.org) joins NHPR (https://twitter.com/nhpr) as a News Producer and Reporter.  Previously he was the Metro Editor and also covered education for The Telegraph in Hudson, N.H.

Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA) -- Karen Jeffrey is no longer at the paper.  She was the paper's Sunday News Editor and Reporter.

The Cabinet (Milford, NH) -- Michael Cleveland (mcleveland@cabinet.com) has become the paper’s Editor for the second time. He has also held positions here such as Copy Editor, Reporter, Freelance Writer and Editor.  He was hired at the paper in 1996, retiring in 2008 and returned to the paper in 2011 upon coming out of retirement.

WGGB-TV (Springfield, MA) -- Chris Pisano (https://twitter.com/CPISANOonTV) joins the station as an Anchor and Reporter.

WGME-TV (Portland, ME) -- Mimi Strawn is no longer the station’s News Director. She was employed here for two years.

WMUR-TV (Manchester, N.H.) -- This ABC affiliate welcomes Anchor Shelley Walcott. Walcott (swalcott@hearst.com) arrives from WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, where she was a Reporter/Weekend Anchor. Montreal-born Walcott has also worked at WSYX-TV in Ohio; CJAD radio in Quebec; and CNN in Atlanta.

WTKK-FM (Boston, MA) -- Boston’s Doug Meehan says bye to the radio industry. The WTKK-FM (http://www.twitter.com/NewsTalk969) Host had been with the News/Talk station for a year.

WZRT-FM (Rutland, VT) -- Amber Huyghe (ahuyghe@catamountradio.com) was officially named Program Director here after taking over a few months ago for Kwame Dankwa. Huyghe will continue to be Music Director/Afternoon DJ as well. Dankwa, meanwhile, is now the Night DJ at KWNW-FM in Memphis.

WODS-FM (Boston, MA) -- Joe Breezy was named Music Director/PM Drive Host at this Top 40 station. He arrives from Hip Hop station WWVA-FM in Atlanta. Follow Breezy on Twitter at https://twitter.com/JoeBreezyRadio.

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The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) -- The paper says goodbye to two as Editorial Page Editor Steve Ford and Associate Editorial Page Editor Allen Torrey both retired. Replacing them are Ned Barnett (nbarnett@newsobserver.com ) and Burgetta Wheeler (nbarnett@newsobserver.com) Reporter Thomas Goldsmith (tgoldsmith@newsobserver.com) replaced Barnett as Wake County Editor. The paper has aTwitter account at http://www.twitter.com/newsobserver.

Associated Press - Atlanta Bureau (Atlanta, GA) -- Janelle Cogan (jcogan@ap.org) has been appointed South Desk Editor for the AP in Atlanta. She arrives from Virginia, where she was Assistant Editor at The Virginian-Pilot. Cogan can be found on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/janellecogan.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA) -- Former Courier-Journal Reporter Dan Klepal (dklepal@ajc.com and https://twitter.com/dklepal) is now the Gwinnett County Government Reporter.

Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee, FL) -- Randi Atwood (ratwood@tallahassee.com) has joined the paper as Features Editor. Her sections include: Life & Arts, Food & Dining and Limelight. You can follow Atwood on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/randiatwood or the paper at http://www.twitter.com/TDOnline.

The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) -- Lifestyles Editor Peggy Reisser-Winburne has left the newspaper. Her position will be temporarily covered by current Assistant Managing Editor, Peggy McKenzie. Any questions about the position can be emailed to her at mckenziep@commercialappeal.com. The paper can be followed on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/memphisnews.

Four Seasons Magazine (Greensboro, NC) -- Darren Frei (darren.frei@paceco.com) has been hired as Online Editorial Director at this hotel magazine. He previously held the same position for other travel magazines. Follow the magazine at http://www.twitter.com/FourSeasons and Frei at http://www.twitter.com/darrenfrei.

WGCL-TV (Atlanta, GA) -- Meteorologist Justin Lock has left the CBS affiliate in order to move to Charleston, S.C. and be closer to family. The reason? He and his wife recently had a baby boy. Congratulations to them both!

The Franklin Press (Franklin, NC) -- Editor Jessica Waters received a new job for her Christmas present, leaving The Toccoa Record in GA and joining The Franklin Press in N.C. She can be welcomed at editor@thefranklinpress.com.

WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA) -- There will be a line-up change in early 2013 at this ABC affiliate. Linda Stouffer (linda.stouffer@wsbtv.com) moves from Weekend Anchor to Weekday Morning Anchor, replacing Carol Sbarge. Sbarge (carol.sbarge@wsbtv.com) will join Anchor Fred Blankenship at noon while reporting for the early evening newscasts. Stouffer previously worked for CNN.

WWWQ-FM (Atlanta, GA) -- Congratulations to Morning DJ Jenn Hobby, who is pregnant with her first child. As a result, she is leaving the station.

WRVW-FM (Nashville, TN) -- Riley Couture (rileycouture@clearchannel.com) moves across the state as she leaves WHBQ-FM in Memphis to join "The River" in Nashville. She is a now a Morning DJ as well as handling voicetracks at night. 

WTVM-TV (Columbus, GA) -- News Director Tom Burke says goodbye to this ABC affiliate. He had been there for the past two years but wants to work on a screenplay. His resume includes stops in Sacramento, Fresno, Pittsburgh, and Columbus, OH, as well as Detroit, Greenville, NC, and Presque Isle, ME.

WBBJ-TV (Jackson, TN) -- After less than a year, News Director Keith Baker is leaving this ABC affiliate for a similar position at WOWK-TV in West Virginia. Baker can be reached at his new CBS affiliate at kbaker@wowktv.com. He replaces Elisabeth Shaffer (eshaffer@wowktv.com), who is now Assignment Manager at WOWK-TV.

WVEE-FM (Atlanta, GA) -- The famous duo of Frank Ski and Wanda Smith have left this Urban Contemporary station. The morning hosts had been with the station for 14 years.

WUBL-FM (Atlanta, GA) -- The Southeast is seeing its share of lay-offs in the Clear Channel cutbacks. One of the most recent is DJ Tim Michaels, who was let go from this country music station.

WTFM-FM (Kingsport, TN) -- Robert Honeycutt aka Bob Gordon starts the New Year as the new Program Director at this Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock station. He has also held positions at WKOS-FM, WJCW-FM, KISS-FM; WFHG-AM/FM, WETB-AM, WJSO-FM, WKIN-AM and WZXY-FM in his more than 40 year career.

WORD-AM (Greenville, SC) -- A little re-arranging is going on at this news/talk station. Anchor Russ Cassell (russ@entercom.com) will be able to sleep a little longer starting in 2013 as he moves from the 5-8am shift to the 8-noon shift. His former sidekick Lisa Rollins (lrollins@entercom.com) remains in the 5-8am slot but is now joined by former afternoon Anchor Lee Rogers (lrogers@entercom.com). The rescheduling is a result of the departure of former Anchor Mike Gallagher, who is now with rival WMUU-FM.

WOSF-FM (Charlotte, NC) -- Former WNOW-FM station is now Old School 105.3. Gaffney Broadcasting has changed the call letters to WOSF-FM. The old call letters, WNOW-FM, have gone to former New York City station, WXRK-FM.

WTVJ-TV (Miami, Florida) -- Shiri Spear (shiri.spear@foxtv.com) has left WTVJ in Miami to joined WFXT-TV in Boston.

WSVN-TV (Miami, Florida) -- Julie Durda (jdurda@wsvn.com) has left WSVN as Meteorologist. No replacement has been added.

Flying Magazine (Winter Park, Florida) -- Flying Magazine welcomes Bethany Whitfield (Bethany.whitfield@bonniercorp.com) as the new Managing Editor.

Waterski Magazine (Winter Park, Florida) -- Waterski Magazine welcomes Geena Krueger (genna.krueger@bonniercorp.com) as new Website Editor.

Florida Travel & Life Magazine (Winter Park, Florida) -- The new Photo Editor is Diana Rice (Diana.rice@bonniercorp.com).

Central Florida News (Orlando, FL) -- The Sunshine State welcomes Jeff Allen as a Reporter at CFN 13. Allen (jallen@cfnews13.com) arrives from WLEX-TV in Lexington, KY. Also scheduled to join the station is Kristin Kane. Kane (kkane@cfnews13.com) will handle Weekend Morning Anchor duties. She arrives from FOX-owned KRIV-TV in Houston.

WPAP-FM (Panama City, FL) -- While Clear Channel is laying off numerous personnel, in Panama City it has hired  veteran programmer Gary Nolan as the new Operations Manager for the cluster. He will also wear the Program Director/Afternoon DJ hats at Country music station WPAP-FM. Nolan joins from the company's Binghamton cluster.

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Daily Herald (Chicago, IL) -- Jim Baumann (https://twitter.com/JimWBaumann) (jbaumann@dailyherald.com) has been promoted to Managing Editor at the daily (https://twitter.com/dailyherald). Diane Dungey (https://twitter.com/DianeDungey) (ddungey@dailyherald.com) has been promoted to Deputy Managing Editor of news gathering, and Teresa Schmedding (https://twitter.com/tschmedding) (tschmedding@dailyherald.com) to Deputy Managing Editor of digital operations. The promotions were part of the reorganization of the newsroom staff.

Chicago Sun-Times (Chicago, IL) -- Deputy Metro Editor Steve Warmbir (https://twitter.com/stevewarmbir) has been named Assistant Managing Editor at the daily (https://twitter.com/suntimes). Warmbir replaces Shamus Toomey, who recently left the publication. Consumer Affairs Columnist Stephanie Zimmerman (abcnews.storyideas@gmail.com) has left the paper to join ABC News’ Investigative Unit as a Reporter and Producer. She will also write a consumer-help column on ABCNews.com.  Zimmerman will continue to live in Chicago.

The Detroit News (Detroit, MI) -- Reporter Maureen Feighan (http://twitter.com/mfeighan) (mfeighan@detnews.com) will cover home news at The Detroit News (http://twitter.com/detnews). Feighan formerly covered metro and suburban news for the newspaper. Susan Pollack will now serve as Contributing Travel Writer and contribute to The Good Life blog.

WISH-TV (Indianapolis, IN) -- Former Chief Meteorologist Steve Bray (https://twitter.com/Steve_Bray), has been named News Director at the CBS affiliate (https://twitter.com/WISH_TV). Bray had served as Interim News Director since Patti McGettigan left in August.

WDIV-TV (Detroit, MI) -- Sports Anchor and Reporter Katrina Hancock has left her position at the NBC affiliate (https://twitter.com/local4news).

WRTV-TV (Indianapolis, IN) -- Beth Vaughn has been named Co-Anchor at the ABC affiliate. She most recently served as Anchor and Reporter at KHSB-TV in Kansas City, Kansas. Marc Mullins has also been named Co-Anchor at the station. He most recently served as Anchor and Reporter at KMTR-TV in Eugene, Oregon.

WFLD-TV (Chicago, IL) -- Vice President and News Director Phyllis Schwartz has resigned from the Fox station (https://twitter.com/foxchicago).

Curbed Detroit (Detroit, MI) -- Paul Beshouri (http://twitter.com/Pab2Det) has been named Editor of the outlet (https://twitter.com/CurbedDetroit). He replaces Sarah F. Cox, who now serves as the Editorial Director supervising all Curbed sites.

WAOW-TV (Wausau, WI) -- Jon ErkenBrack has been named General Manager at the ABC affiliate.

WREX-TV (Rockford, IL) -- News Director Mike Costello is leaving the NBC affiliate. Before being promoted earlier this year, he served as the Internet Director for the station.

CLTV-TV (Chicago, IL) -- Cortney Hall, joins the Tribune-owned station as Morning News Anchor. Hall most recently served as Morning News Anchor and Reporter at WKMG-TV in Orlando, Florida. She will succeed Tonya Francisco, who moved to Tribune-owned WGN-TV.

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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) -- Brandon Stahl (bstahl@startribune.com and https://twitter.com/b_stahl) has joined on as a Watchdog Reporter.

Topeka Capital-Journal (Topeka, KS) -- Megan Hart (megan.hart@cjonline.com and https://twitter.com/meganhartMC) is a new Business Reporter at this newspaper.

Twin Cities Live – KSTP-TV (Minneapolis, MN) – Host John Hanson leaves this ABC affiliate. He accepts a Program Director position with KCSP-AM in Mission, Kansas.

Twin Cities Business (Minneapolis, MN) – Ann Harrington (aharrington@tcbmag.com) is hired as Senior Editor.

KJHM-FM (Denver, CO) –Randy 'Bubba' Black (http://twitter.com/randybubbablack) joins as Program Director and Host. Email Randy at randy@maxradiodenver.com

KDVR-TV (Denver, CO) – Anchor Libby Weaver (http://www.twitter.com/weaverlibby) retired from this FOX affiliate.

The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO) – Editor Joe Hight (http://www.twitter.com/jprhight) is hired. He replaces Director of Content Carmen Boles.

KRDO-TV (Colorado Springs, CO) – News Director Michael Sipes (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-sipes/8/60b/3b) leaves this ABC affiliate.

KCRG-TV (Cedar Rapids, IA) -- Adam Carros (http://www.twitter.com/acarros) is promoted to News Director from Content Manager.

KRBB-FM/KTHR-FM/KZCH-FM/KZSN-FM (Wichita, KS) – Tony Matteo (https://twitter.com/TonyMatteo1065) is hired as Operations Manager to manage the four radio stations.

KMSP-TV (Minneapolis, MN) – Reporter Jody Ambroz (https://twitter.com/JodyAmbroz ) leaves this FOX affiliate.

KCTV-TV/KSMO-TV (Kansas City, MO) – General Manager Darrin McDonald (https://twitter.com/dmactv) moves to this Meredith Corporation owned station. Additionally, Erika Tallen (https://twitter.com/ErikaTallan) is hired as Reporter at KCTV-TV.

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR) -- Features Writer Bobby Ampezzan is now the Editor of the Sunday High Profile section of the paper. Bobby tweets at https://twitter.com/bampezzan.

The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) -- Annette Sisco (asisco@theadvocate.com) has taken over the Community News Editor role.

Williamson County Sun (Georgetown, TX) -- Ben Trollinger has left his position as Editor at the Williamson County Sun to become Editor of The Summit Daily News in Summit County, Colorado.

Fort Worth Weekly (Fort Worth, TX) -- Betty Brink, community writer at Fort Worth Weekly, has passed away after suffering a stroke earlier in 2012. She was 80 years old.

KEYE-TV (Austin, TX) -- Alex Boyer is now an Investigative Reporter at KEYE-TV. He comes to the Austin station from WBBH-TV (NBC) and WZVN-TV (ABC) in Fort Meyers, Florida.

KVUE-TV (Austin, TX) -- Shawn Clynch and Shannon Murray are joining KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas. Clynch covered sports at KOKH-TV and Murray comes from KOSA-TV.

KTVT-TV (Fort Worth, TX) -- Elizabeth Dinh has joined KTVT-TV in Fort Worth, TX as a Reporter. She comes to Texas from Seattle's KOMO-TV. Dinh tweets at https://twitter.com/ElizabethCBS11.

KPTV-TV (Portland, OR) -- Jason Pumo has been hired as Executive Producer. Pumo was an Executive Producer for WJTV-TV in Jackson, Mississippi for the last year.

WOAI-TV (San Antonio, TX) -- John Seabers, promoted to group manager at Sinclair Broadcast Group in January, is the new General Manager at WOAI-TV in San Antonio.

D Magazine (Dallas, TX) -- In Dallas, D Magazine and London Broadcasting's KTXD-TV are joining forces to launch D-TV, with a new focus on local programming.

KTXD-TV (Dallas, TX) -- Mark Antonitis has been named Vice President and General Manager of KTXD-TV, a London Broadcasting Me-TV affiliate in Dallas, Texas.

The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) -- Wanda Lloyd has announced her retirement from the paper. She has been the Executive Editor since 2004.

KTRK-TV (Houston, TX) -- Investigative Reporter and head of KTRK-TV's undercover investigative reporting unit, Wayne Dolcefino, has left the Houston station after 26 years.

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Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA) - The OC Register welcomes two former LA Times reporters. Margot Roosevelt (mroosevelt@ocregister.com) joins the paper as an Economics Reporter. Follow Margot on Twitter at https://twitter.com/margotroosevelt.Joanna Clay(jclay@ocregister.com) joins as a General Assignment Reporter. Follow Joanna on Twitter at https://twitter.com/joannacl

Los Angeles Daily News (Woodland Hills, CA) -- Former LA Times Columnist Tim Rutten (tim.rutten@dailynews.com) joins the paper as an Op-Ed Columnist.

Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) -- Executive Editor Betsy Lumbye has retired. Veteren Editor Jim Boren (jboren@fresnobee.com) is the new Executive Editor.

Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA) - Steve Miller joins the paper as the new Editor. Miller was previously with the Herald and News in Klamath, Oregon. Follow the Appeal-Democrat on Twitter at https://twitter.com/appealdemocrat

L.A. Weekly (Culver City, CA) -- Film Critic Karina Longworth has bid farewell to the L.A. Weekly. Karina will contribute as a freelancer only.

Salon.com (Internet) -- This entertainment web site welcomes Daniel D'Addario as a Culture Reporter. Follow Daniel on Twitter at http://twitter.com/DPD_.

KBAK-TV (Bakersfield, CA) - Evening Anchor Lisa Krch bids farewell to this CBS affiliate after 15 years with the station. Amity Addrisi moves from Weekends to the Evening Anchor seat replacing Krch.

KPIX-TV (San Francisco, CA) - Evening Anchor Dana King is parting ways with this CBS affiliate to pursue an art career. There has been no replacement named.

KCAL-TV (Studio City, CA) Afternoon Anchor Dave Gonzales has left KCAL. Gonzales joined the station in 1995. No replacement has been named yet.

KFSN-TV (Fresno, CA) -- Tommy Tran joins this ABC affiliate as Sports Director. Tran was previously with KYMA-TV in Yuma, AZ.

KABC-TV (Glendale, CA) Kevin Boie is joining the station as Director of Digital Content in January. Follow Kevin on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kevinboie.

KION/KCOY-TV (Salinas/Monterey, CA) -- Jana Gray makes her way back to CA from KHQ-TV in Spokane, WA. Jana replaces Traci Zeravica as News Director.

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Journal Broadcast Group (Tucson, AZ) -- Jim Arnold has been named the new Vice President and General Manager for the four radio stations and two television stations operated by the group. Journal Broadcast Group’s Tucson Operations include the following radio and television stations serving the Tucson, AZ area: Adult Contemporary KMXZ-FM, News/Talk KQTH-FM, Rhythmic Adult Contemporary KTGV-FM, Sports Talk KFFN-AM/FM, KGUN-TV; and KWBA-TV. Arnold was previously Vice President and GM at KOLD-TV

Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) -- Former Chattanooga Times Free Press Reporter Perla Trevizo (ptrevizo@azstarnet.com and https://twitter.com/Perla_Trevizo) is the new Border & Immigration Reporter here.

Spotlight Hawaii (Honolulu, HI) -- Maria Kanai has been hired as Editor of four of its publications: Big Island Gold, Kauai Gold, Maui Gold and Oahu Gold. She is replacing Ron Ihori, who recently retired. Kanai is also a Contributing Editor and Features Writer at Honolulu Weekly.

The Observer (La Grande, OR) -- Andrew Cutler has been brought on as Editor of the paper. He was most recently the Weekend News Editor for the Rapid City Journal, where he also served as sports editor for three years. He can be reached at acutler@lagrandeobserver.com

KIRO-TV (Seattle, WA) -- Morning Traffic Reporter Jenni Hogan has announced she will be leaving the CBS affiliate.

KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA) -- Bill Radke has come back to the news station as Morning Host. He was most recently an Anchor at KIRO-FM, and worked at KUOW from 1999 to 2004.

KING-TV – (Seattle, WA) -- Political Correspondent Robert Mak has resigned from the station following the cancellation of his Sunday political talk show “Up Front with Robert Mak.”  He was offered a position as Chief Political Reporter but decided to leave the station.

KATU-TV (Portland, OR) -- Investigative Reporter Thom Jensen has left this ABC affiliate after six years with the station.

KEPR-TV (Pasco, WA) – Anchor Whitney Ward is leaving the station for a job in Spokane.  Annie Andrews will replace Ward. Andrews was previously with KHGI-KWNB in Grand Island, NE.

KDRV-TV (Medford, OR) -- Dan Pope takes over as Chief Meteorologist at the ABC affiliate after Weathercasters Scott Lewis and Milt Radford left the station. Pope joined KDRV in October 2012.

KLAS (Las Vegas, NV) – Weekend Anchor Chris Saldana has announced his resignation from the CBS affiliate.

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Tr3s (New York,NY) - Maria Badillo has been named Vice President of Programming for MTV's Tr3s. https://twitter.com/MTV3

KNSO-TV (Fresno,CA) – Darrell Jennings has been hired as General Manager for KNSO-TV

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Canadian Living (Toronto, ON) -- Jennifer Reynolds (https://twitter.com/JNReynolds) joins as Editor-in-Chief, from Canadian Family magazine.