WCVB Names Ungerleider Digital Chief

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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WCVB Boston  announced that station veteran Neil Ungerleider has been named to the new position of Manager, Digital and Multimedia. Ungerleider, who joined the station in 1984, will train NewsCenter 5 reporters and producers as multiplatform journalists.

Ungerleider has long spearheaded WCVB's digital campaign.  “Neil Ungerleider was literally the ‘father’ of WCVB’s first Website and is eminently qualified to manage WCVB’s expanded digital initiatives,” stated Bill Fine, president and general manager of WCVB.

Ungerleider assumes the post March 26.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.