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Big 3 Broadcast Groups vs. Smaller Media Companies: What Today’s Television Department Heads Need to Know

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The local television business is changing faster than many executives want to admit. Consolidation. Acquisitions. Budget compression. Corporate layering. Centralization. Hiring freezes disguised as “strategic pauses.” Department heads are managing two stations, three platforms, four new revenue expectations, and five additional job responsibilities — often without meaningful increases in compensation. And yet, despite all of […]

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New Lawyer. New CEO. New Timing. What Nexstar and TEGNA May Really Be Telling the Industry.

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The local television industry just made several very strategic leadership moves, and the timing is difficult to ignore. First, Nexstar Media Group announced Elizabeth Ryder as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary to the Board of Directors — notably, an executive deeply tied to major acquisition and regulatory strategy during Nexstar’s biggest expansion years.

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Salary Negotiation in Television: Play Chess, Not Checkers

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*A Survival Guide for Television Station Leaders, Department Heads & Future GMs* Let’s be honest: most television executives were never actually taught how to negotiate compensation. They learned how to increase ratings, lead teams, grow revenue, manage crises, navigate ownership changes, and hit impossible budgets with shrinking resources. But salary negotiation? Most people are just

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Welcome To The Jungle – The Recruiting Business: Powered by Coffee, Chaos & Human Emotion

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After 30 years in human resources and recruiting — including running recruiting for a large broadcast group and now spending the last 7 years owning my own media recruiting firm, Carver Talent — I’ve come to one undeniable conclusion: recruiting is less of a profession and more of a front-row seat to the greatest reality

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Top Media Management Talent Aren’t Applying. Smart C-Suites and GM’s Aren’t Waiting. They Use Carver Talent. Here’s Why:

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The media industry loves to talk about urgency. Breaking news, quarterly revenue, ratings books, FCC deadlines, digital growth, talent wars — everything moves fast. But when it comes to hiring, some media companies still move like it’s 1997: post a job, wait, pray, interview the same recycled applicants their competitors already passed on, and drag

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Our Media Industry Landscape Is Rapidly Changing: How To Utilize Carver Talent

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You are a media industry hiring manager. C-suite. Corporate. General Manager. Director of Sales. News Director. Director of Engineering. Creative Services Director. Director of Digital. Research. Traffic. Master Control. Etc. You are doing more today with far fewer people than ever before. You are somehow tasked with staying on-air and on every streaming device known

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Carver Talent – HOT JOBS OF THE WEEK

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Managing Editor – Midwestern media company seeking a content leader for a non-partisan/unbiased news streaming startup organization. Be in on the ground floor of a well-funded, exciting opportunity to build an excellent journalism product nationally. From newscast studio design/build to hiring your team to full editorial and management responsibilities. Exciting stuff! $150K – $200K base

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Carver Talent HOT JOBS OF THE WEEK

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-General Manager, top 100 market. $450K+ all-in comp range. Must have previous GM experience. -Director of Sales, top 10 market. Must have top 50 market DOS experience. $250-$265K comp range. -Local Sales Manager, top 25 market. Must have previous LSM experience. Great group and station! $150K comp range. -Assistant News Director, top 10 market. Must

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Celebrating One Year!

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One year! Wow, what a wild ride. Yes, a year ago today, I was notified that my position as Director of Recruiting for a large media group had been eliminated. Half of my recruiting team was downsized immediately following the acquisition of Raycom Media six-months earlier. Only to be immediately, and smartly, swept-up by the

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