Beasley Promotes Chase & Burgess
• Beasley Media Group has promoted Justin Chase to Chief Content Officer. In this newly enhanced role, Chase will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of on-air content and digital on behalf of the company. Chase has served as Executive Vice President of Programming since 2016. Before that he was VP of Programming and Operations Manager for Country KCYE (102.7 The Coyote), Classic Hits KKLZ, Urban AC KOAS (Jammin’ 105.7) and Hot AC KVGS (Star 107.9)/Las Vegas.
“Justin has done an incredible job overseeing our company’s on air brands,” said Caroline Beasley, Chief Executive Officer of Beasley Media Group. “I look forward to him enhancing and expanding our content on all of our on-air and digital platforms across the company.” Chase remarked, “I’m so grateful to the Beasley family and the entire corporate staff for their support and confidence in me taking on this new role within the company. The programming and digital teams at Beasley are first class and I feel lucky to be surrounded by the best of the best every day.”
• Beasley concurrently announced that Chief Digital Content Officer Lori Burgess has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer at Beasley eSports. In this new role, she will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company’s eSports business.
“Lori has done an incredible job overseeing our digital content efforts and leading the company’s eSports initiatives over the past year,” said Caroline Beasley. “Her leadership, experience and determination is exactly what we need to drive our company’s success as we continue to grow in the eSports space.”
Burgess said, “The eSports industry is on the verge of going mainstream. Our timing and expansion into this space will firmly poise Beasley Media Group to own and influence the next generation of consumers. The company’s ability to provide compelling esports content, leverage strategic partnerships and compete at the most elite levels will ensure our foundation as this sector begins to dominate the media and sports-market/entertainment conversation and commands more sponsorship partnerships.”
Burgess previously worked as an integrated marketing strategy consultant on behalf of Beasley. Her portfolio includes more than two decades in the publishing industry, providing generation of profit and growth for iconic brands such as The Hollywood Reporter, Prevention, Conde Nast’s Mademoiselle and House & Garden; Elle, Seventeen, and Niche Media.
