15th
Annual Edition 'Buying Power of
Black America' report breaks down billions in expenditures Black
consumers are responding to tighter economic condition by focusing more of
their spending on items and services that improve their homes and
lifestyle. That's one of the trends revealed in the 15th annual report,
"The Buying Power of Black America," published by Target Market News. The
report analyzes spending for black households in 2008 and finds that
African-Americans...
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Vickie
Burns is named Vice President, News at KNBC in Los Angeles
(July
28, 2010) Vickie Burns has been named Vice President, News for KNBC, it
was announced today by Craig Robinson, KNBC President and General
Manager. In this role, Burns will lead the day-to-day news operations of
KNBC and will oversee content production and distribution across all
digital platforms. Burns will start at the station on August 16th and
will report directly to Robinson.
"Vickie is a seasoned journalist who has extensive experience running a
newsroom," said Robinson. "She understands the needs of local news
consumers and how to create quality content that can travel across
multiple media platforms. She is a great addition to our news
organization."
Burns joins KNBC from WNBC, NBC's owned and operated station in New
York, where she was Vice President of Content and Audience Development
for NBC Local Media New York since 2009. In that capacity, Burns was
responsible for developing strategy to build audiences across the
station's media platforms, including WNBC, NY Nonstop, nbcnewyork.com,
taxicabs and other out-of-home platforms at NBC Local Media New York.
From March 2008 to June 2009, Burns served as Vice President of News and
Content for WNBC. During that time, Burns spearheaded the station's
transformation from a news operation into a comprehensive content
center, producing news and information on multiple platforms.
Additionally, she led her team in the launch of NY Nonstop, WNBC's
groundbreaking 24-hour digital news, information and lifestyle channel.
Prior to joining WNBC, Burns was the Vice President of News for WRC, the
NBC owned and operated station in Washington, D.C., from September 2003
to March 2008, the #1 news station in the market. She joined the NBC
family in 1986 when she began working as a Line Producer for WMAQ, NBC's
owned and operated station in Chicago. While there, she moved into the
role of Special Projects Producer, was promoted to Executive Producer,
Assistant News Director, and then News Director in 2001. For a brief
period during 1998, Burns went to work as an Executive Producer with the
ABC owned station WLS in Chicago before returning to WMAQ in 1998.
Burns is an Emmy Award-winning producer and an active member of the
National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). She earned a
bachelor's degree in broadcasting from Loyola University in Chicago and
began her career in 1981 at the CBS owned station WBBM in Chicago, where
she was a desk assistant, news writer and producer.
