Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Promotes Dana Zimmer to President of Distribution
October 28, 2021 at 04:05 pm EDT
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced the promotion of Dana Zimmer to President of Distribution, effective immediately. Since joining the company in 2019, Zimmer has overseen the distribution of the company?s billion-dollar-plus broadcast and television content portfolio across the cable, satellite, telco, and digital media industries, including 199 local television stations. In this capacity, she successfully led retransmission consent agreements with MVPDs and virtual-MVPDs, as well as content negotiations with the company?s television network partners, Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC and CW. Zimmer will continue to report to the company?s Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Perry Sook.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is a diversified media company with television broadcasting, television network and digital media assets operating in the United States. The Company produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms. The Companyâs segments include Broadcast and The CW Network, LLC (The CW). The Broadcast segment includes television stations and related local websites that Company owns, operates, programs or provides sales and other services to in various markets across the United States, NewsNation, a national cable news network, two owned and operated digital multicast networks and other multicast network services, and WGN-AM, a Chicago radio station. The CW segment is a broadcast network in the United States. The other activities of the Company include digital businesses focused on the national marketplace and the management of certain real estate assets.