Brinks Departs KGUN GM Post

Julie Brinks has left her general manager position at KGUN
Tucson. Her departure was previously reported in Inside Tucson Business.

A station rep would not confirm or deny the report, instead
referring queries to corporate. A corporate rep would not comment on Brinks' departure.

Brinks was vice president and general manager at Journal's
ABC and CW affiliates in Tucson, along with a batch of radio stations.

She had been the longest tenured general manager at a
commercial TV station in Tucson, said Inside Tucson Business.

The stations will be overseen by Jim Prather, Journal's
executive VP of television programming and marketing, until a new general
manager is found.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.