Knight Leaving Beasley, Launching Consultancy
• Beasley Media Group this week announced that Buzz Knight, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Innovation will be leaving his position at the end of the 2019 to officially launch Buzz Knight Media. The good news is, he will continue to consult Beasley Media Group.
“I’m very grateful to Caroline Beasley, Bruce Beasley, Brian Beasley and Justin Chase for providing me with the incredible opportunity to join the company three years ago,” said Knight, who formerly served as Senior Vice President, Program Development for Greater Media until that company was acquired by Beasley in October 2016 and he joined Beasley as VP of Programming. He was elevated to his current position in September 2018.
Knight added, “The great teams in the markets continue to perform at the highest level and I’m very proud to be able to continue to be associated with them. Special thanks to Caroline for providing me with the privilege of extending my relationship with Beasley Media Group as I fulfill a life-long dream of launching my own consultancy firm.”
Caroline Beasley, Chief Executive Officer of Beasley Media Group, commented, “Buzz has been instrumental in the evolution of the stations over the years. We are very grateful to him for everything he has done and look forward to continuing the relationship as his first official client!”