Chris Lanni Out as WJAR 10 News Director
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Chris Lanni Out as WJAR 10 News Director
Lanni had served as News Director for more than seven years, and had been with the market-leading station for more than a decade.
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About Lanni
According to Lanni’s bio, “As news director, Chris Lanni is charged with ensuring that the news and information produced by NBC 10 is worthy of the Coverage You Trust. This Edward R. Murrow award winning news manager is a West Bay native and earned his bachelor's degree in journalism at the University of Rhode Island.”
Vic Vetters, the General Manager of WJAR, refused comment, stating that the station does not respond to questions about personnel matters.
WJAR has been the market leader in the Providence DMA for decades and has launched the careers of Meredith Viera, Matt Laurer and Christiane Amanpour.
Local Implications
The Providence TV market is in flux, as mega media company Nextar recently purchased Media General — the parent company of WPRI-12. The market is bracing for changes at that station.
Media Changes in December, 2016
Magazine Decline
Consolidation at Hearst
Hearst is combining the beauty, fashion and entertainment departments of five of its women's print magazines -- Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Redbook, Woman's Day and Good Housekeeping -- in January, 2017.
It has not been reported what the staff reduction will be.
Part 2
Style Magazine is Dropping Print
Self Magazine is going all-in on digital. The woman’s publication says its February issue will be its last regular print production, with the exception of occasional special issues based on health and wellness topics.
Condé Nast’s Self, which also focuses on fitness, currently publishes on a monthly basis. "The magazine had a total paid and verified circulation of nearly 1.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2016," according to MediaPost
Mixed Numbers
New York Times Has Good and Bad News
The good news is the the New York Times continues to build its digital business and the pace is quickening.
The bad news is in the third quarter the NYT was down 19 percent year-over-year.
Can the growth of digital save arguably the most important newspaper in America?
According to Ken Doctor, NYT’s CEO Mark Thompson said the paper wants to grow from 1.6 million digital subscribers to 10 million in 2020. The past few months have seen a boon, but second quarter this year saw only 51,000 new subscribers.
A GoLocal look at the numbers finds that if the NYT wants to hit 10 million in three years it would need to add 700,000 new subscribers per quarter.
WPRO
John DePetro Out Sick?
On Tuesday night John DePetro posted on social media the following message to explain his recent absence:
To all of my listeners: Unfortunately, I have a health situation I am dealing with, which will keep me off the air for now. I will update you when I can.
