Report: Todd Manley Out At WGN-A/Chicago

Todd Manley

Last week (NET NEWS 9/19), ALL ACCESS reported NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. has closed on its acquisition of TRIBUNE MEDIA COMPANY for about $7.2 billion including assumption of debt ($46.687397 per share in cash, with $0.187397 per share added to reflect the final closing date, which followed the target date of AUGUST 31st). 

Now comes word from ROBERT FEDER that the new owner of WGN A is shaking things up. "Less than 24 hours after acquiring the former TRIBUNE BROADCASTING News/Talk flagship, NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP fired TODD MANLEY, station manager and VP/Content, and named news and operations director MARY SANDBERG BOYLE interim boss. MANLEY, who’d headed programming since 2013, took the fall for WGN’s precipitously low ratings."

FEDER adds, "In a meeting with staffers FRIDAY, new EVP SEAN COMPTON hinted at more changes to come."

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