Bill Carey, Former WCBS-TV News Director, Joins Zatso's Growing Affiliate Relations Department; Zatso Momentum Continues with Opening of New York Office.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000 Zatso Inc., the creator of world's first personal newscast service, Zatso(SM), today announced that Bill Carey has joined the company as affiliate relations director. Carey joins Zatso after spending five years at WCBS-TV in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of where he led the newsroom to numerous awards, including a George Foster Peabody
Annual presentation for outstanding achievement in U.S. television. Its name is taken from the nickname “immy” for the image orthicon, a television camera tube. for "Outstanding Newscast." Zatso delivers a personal video newscast to users' PCs over the Internet based on viewers' news preferences. It is currently available at www.zatso.com. Carey will work closely with existing Zatso affiliates and media partners. He will also work to bring in new partners and open Zatso's New York office. Carey will report to Craig Marrs, Zatso's vice president of business development and affiliate relations. "With so many television stations taking advantage of our service over the past nine months, its important for Zatso to continue to have a world-class affiliate relations department," said Craig Marrs, Zatso's vice president of business development and affiliate relations. "Bill Carey's deep understanding of local television will let us maintain the strength of our affiliate relations program as we continue to grow rapidly. He will also be a tremendous resource to our local station affiliates." "We recognize that there are many opportunities for top-tier news professionals to join Internet companies today. As a news director from the number one news market in the country, Bill Carey's choice of Zatso is a strong endorsement of our position as the leader in personal newscasts," said Roger Keating, Zatso's founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Bill has chosen to join Zatso at an important time. With our service up and running, and our affiliate base rapidly growing, strong talent, like Bill, allows us to continue to grow our organization and attract more top-tier partners." Prior to running the news department at WCBS-TV, Carey was assistant news director at the station. Before that, Carey was assistant news director at WBBM-TV in Chicago. During his 20-year news career, Carey has also worked in management and news positions at WABC-TV (New York) and CBS News CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports. Current productions Current television shows
Zatso, Inc. was founded by leading news, media and technology professionals who are dedicated to using new media platforms to help consumers get the news they want while assisting broadcasters and media companies in extending their brands into new distribution channels. Zatso works with local stations operated by Allbritton; E. W. Scripps Edward Willis Scripps (June 18, 1854 – March 12, 1926), was an American newspaper publisher and founder of The E.W. Scripps Company, a diversified media conglomerate, and United Press International news syndicate. The E.W. ; Meredith Corporation Meredith Corporation NYSE: MDP is based in Des Moines, Iowa. The company has two divisions, publishing and broadcasting. Edwin Thomas Meredith founded the company in 1902 when he began publishing Successful Farming magazine. ; Media General, Inc.; and Waterman Broadcasting Corp. Based in San Francisco, Zatso's funding is led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP IVP abbr. intravenous pyelogram IVP (Intravenous pyelogram) The use of a dye, injected into the veins, used to locate kidney stones. Also used to determine the anatomy of the urinary system. ) and Brentwood Venture Capital. Note to editor: A photo of Bill Carey is available upon request. Zatso is a trademark of Zatso, Inc. |
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