Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Donnellan resigns as Channel 5 news director - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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“The news business is facingt a whirlwindof change,” Donnellon wrote in July 7 blog entry at aroundanderson.com, in which he announced his departurer from News 5. “I believe opportunities are beinvg created right now for new channels of community informatiohn likeAround Anderson. This seemsd like the best and most exciting way to build somethingt positive forour hometown.” In an Donnellon described his departure as a “mutual and amicable and said he’s seeking other work in digitao and traditional media. He doesn’t expect the blog to be his full-times focus.
WLWT General Manager Richard Dryerpraised Donnellon’a work for the city’s third-ranked TV News operation, but he addedc that ratings are not where he wants them to be. With former WXIX-TV Channel 19 anchor Jack Atherton joining the News 5 team in Octobet andJay Leno’s new prime time show set to premier Sept. 14, Dryer felt it was “time to make a change” at the top. He said no otheer staff changes are planned at the where roughly half of its 150 employees work inthe “I’m hopeful we’ll have somebody in placw in the next month or so,” Dryet said.
“In today’s busineses climate, we’ll have a large number of qualified candidates.”

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