ABC professional to digital O&O gig

ABC has promoted Carla Contractor to senior V . p . of digital media due to its possessed television stations group. She'll account to stations group prexy Rebecca Campbell. The completely new position puts Contractor within the mind of group way of the Alphabet's possessed-and-operated stations Contractor features a strong local-station background, exceeding 10 years of expert knowledge running top-ranking ABC's Pennsylvania O&O WPVI, a station getting an especially strong news division. In their job, Contractor can lead to initiatives such as the web, new digital subchannels, mobile programs with local content together with other media types simply because they arise. She'll work together with other digital media professionals at ABC. "We anticipate Carla's ongoing success as she now stretches her stellar news judgment and quality-driven approach to our station group's digital companies," mentioned Campbell in the release on Monday. "This promotion clearly recognizes Carla's tremendous talents, vision and history." Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com