Brian Doherty, a veteran of the CW’s ad-sales department who was instrumental in developing ties between Madison Avenue and series such as “Arrow” and “Gossip Girl,” is leaving — the latest in a parade of TV sales veterans to exit as the industry consolidates and new owners take control of various properties.
Doherty, who has been with the CW or its predecessor, the WB, since 1999, had been serving as executive vice president of multi-platform advertising sales, reporting to Todd Braverman, recently a senior executive at Warner Bros. Discovery’s cable networks, who is now head of national ad sales for CW. Doherty is expected to depart on November 1, according to a memo sent by Braverman to staffers Monday.
CW, previously owned jointly by Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global, was purchased by Nexstar Media in 2022. Other senior ad sales executives, including Rob Tuck and Barbra Robin, have also departed. Since Nexstar took over management,...
Doherty, who has been with the CW or its predecessor, the WB, since 1999, had been serving as executive vice president of multi-platform advertising sales, reporting to Todd Braverman, recently a senior executive at Warner Bros. Discovery’s cable networks, who is now head of national ad sales for CW. Doherty is expected to depart on November 1, according to a memo sent by Braverman to staffers Monday.
CW, previously owned jointly by Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global, was purchased by Nexstar Media in 2022. Other senior ad sales executives, including Rob Tuck and Barbra Robin, have also departed. Since Nexstar took over management,...
- 10/16/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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Burning Man takes over Black Rock City again this week as the annual festival marks its 33rd edition, with tens of thousands of attendees expected to flock to the Nevada desert for a weeklong pilgrimage of music, art and self-expression.
First held on a nondescript public beach in San Francisco in 1986, where attendees literally burned an 8-foot...
Burning Man takes over Black Rock City again this week as the annual festival marks its 33rd edition, with tens of thousands of attendees expected to flock to the Nevada desert for a weeklong pilgrimage of music, art and self-expression.
First held on a nondescript public beach in San Francisco in 1986, where attendees literally burned an 8-foot...
- 8/24/2019
- by Tim Chan
- Rollingstone.com
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