Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. Announces Board Promotions
January 15, 2016 at 07:30 pm IST
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Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. announced that David Gibber has been promoted to Vice President /Deputy General Counsel, Scott Shapiro has been promoted to Vice
President /Corporate Development, and Dana Feldman has been promoted to Vice President /Promotions. Mr. Gibber most recently served as Director of Legal Services /Deputy General Counsel, Mr. Shapiro most recently served as Senior Director of Corporate Development, and Ms. Feldman most recently served as Director of Promotion. The announcement was made by David Amy, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Gibber joined Sinclair in 2011 and most recently served as Deputy General Counsel, Director of Legal Services. From 2011 to 2015 he served as Legal Counsel. Prior to joining Sinclair, he was an associate at Gordon Feinblatt, LLC. Mr. Shapiro joined Sinclair in 2011 and most recently served as Senior Director, Corporate Development. From 2013, he served as Finance Director and prior to that held the position of Finance Manager-Special Projects. From 2007 to 2011, he worked in Institutional Equity Research at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Feldman has been with Sinclair since 2000, most recently serving as Director of Promotion and Programming. Prior to joining Sinclair, she worked as Director of Domestic Distribution at Claster Television.
Sinclair, Inc. is a diversified media company and a provider of local news and sports. The Company operates through two segments: Local Media, and Tennis. Its Local Media segment is comprised of its television stations. It produces more than 2,400 hours of news per week at 115 stations in 73 markets. Its Tennis segment primarily consists of Tennis Channel, a cable network which includes coverage of many of tennis' top tournaments and original professional sports and tennis lifestyle shows. Its content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company owns, operates and provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the various broadcast networks, and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The Nest. The Company also owns and provides services to 21 regional sports network brands.