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New Europe editor at TIME

02/03/2012

TIME has promoted Catherine Mayer to the role of Europe editor. She most recently served as the London bureau chief since 2006. Mayer joined the magazine in 2004 as a London correspondent. Follow Time on Twitter at @TIME and Mayer at @catherine_mayer. For more information, call +44-203-148-3000.

National correspondent named at Yahoo! News

02/03/2012

Virginia Heffernan was named national correspondent at Yahoo! News where she will cover the intersection of politics, culture and technology. Heffernan most recently served as an opinion page columnist at The New York Times since March 2011. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter at @yahoonews and Heffernan at @page88. For more information, call 310-907-2700.

FOX Chicago loses executive producer

02/03/2012

WFLD-TV's FOX Chicago News at Nine executive producer, Mike Leiderman, has left station. He joined the WFLD-TV in March 2011. Phil Landeros has taken over for Leiderman as the interim executive producer. Landeros has been an executive producer at the station since March 2011. Follow WFLD-TV on Twitter at @foxchicago and Landeros at @PhilLanderos. For more information, call 312-565-5532.

WJBK-TV VP & GM passes away

02/03/2012

The Navigator regrets to inform its readers that Jeff Murri has passed away. He was the vice president and general manager at WJBK-TV in Southfield, Mich. He joined the station in 1984 as an account executive and eventually worked his way up to his most current role in 2001.

Muskegon Chronicle adds sports content producer

02/03/2012

Sports editor Tom Kendra has left the Muskegon Chronicle. Mark Opfermann has replaced Kendra as sports content producer, acting as the sports director. Opfermann joined the paper in 2009 as a sports reporter. Follow the Muskegon Chronicle on Twitter at @muskegonchron. For more information, call 231-722-3161.

CNN International announces new show details

02/02/2012

CNN International announced that it will relaunch the show Amanpour with anchor Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour), who recently returned to the network. The show, which originally debuted in September 2009, will begin airing in the spring. Additionally, Liza McGuirk has been named executive producer for the program. For more information, call 404-827-1500.

White House correspondent named at Yahoo! News

02/02/2012

Olivier Knox has been named a White House correspondent for Yahoo! News. He was previously a Congress and politics correspondent for Agence France-Press, a position he held since January 2009. Before that, he served as a White House correspondent for the news service. Yahoo! News can be followed on Twitter at @yahoonews and Knox at @oknox. To learn more, contact 310-907-2700.

CBSNews.com hires executive producer

02/02/2012

Nancy Lane has joined the staff of CBS Television Network as executive producer for CBSNews.com. Most recently, she was senior vice president of editorial for CNN/Cable News Network from July 2007 to August 2010. CBS can be followed on Twitter at @CBSnews. For additional information, call 212-975-7000.

Name and date set for new MSNBC weekend program

02/02/2012

Melissa Harris-Perry’s new MSNBC/Microsoft-NBC weekend program now has an official show name and premiere date. The self-titled show to be, Melissa Harris-Perry, will premiere on Feb. 18, broadcasting every Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 12pm, ET. Also at the show, Jamil Smith has joined the staff as segment producer and digital producer. Smith additionally joined Ebony this month as a contributing writer. Follow Harris-Perry on Twitter at @MHarrisPerry, the show at @MHPShow and Smith at @jamilsmith. For additional details, contact 212-664-4444.

Defense reporter moves to U.S.News & World Report

02/01/2012

Former defense reporter John Bennett has left The Hill for his new role as defense and national security correspondent for U.S.News & World Report. He joined The Hill in January 2011 as a defense reporter and previously served as a senior reporter for Defense News. U.S.News & World Report can be found on Twitterat @usnews and Bennett is available at @bennettjohnt. For more information, contact 202-955-2000.

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