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Big Talent Moves At NMG

Congrats to our friends at Napoli Managment for a number of great talent placements. In recent months, they have epanded their strong footprint in sports broadcasting respresentation as well as news.

In Sports:

Bridget Condon joins the NFL Network in Los Angeles as an anchor, host and reporter. Eric Krakauer joins Charlotte FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) as its first-ever play-by-play announcer for the team’s English broadcasts on WSOC-TV and TV64. Matt Zahn is promoted to sports anchor and reporter at WBBM in Chicago. Meg McDonald joins Monumental Sports Network in Washington, DC as host of the live betting show and its associated podcast, By the Book. 

In News:

Max Gorden makes a move to the FOX Weather Channel as a correspondent based in Los Angeles. Anthony Pura joins CBS News as a freelance correspondent based in Los Angeles. Stef Manisero returns to New York as a MMJ for Spectrum NY1. Reporter Gaynor Hall adds regular anchoring to her job duties as she is promoted to weekend morning anchor at WGN in Chicago. Amanda Starrantino is joining KPIX in San Francisco as morning, mid-day, and CBSN-Bay Area anchor.  Raul Martinez successfully makes the move from sports anchor to primary news anchor for WBTS in Boston. And, there's more! A full list of recent placements here.

These journalists are represented by Mendes Napoli, Laurie Jacoby, David Ahrendts,  Sue McInerney, Liz Sherwin, Al Corral, Mike Isenberg, Seth Mayeri andJosh Gropper of Napoli Management Group.

NMG Expands Again

Napoli Management Group is pleased to announce that Josh Gropper will join the company, effective September 1, 2021. He will serve as a talent agent at Napoli’s newly established New York City office. Josh comes to Napoli after five years at CNN in New York where he worked on the network’s content and talent strategy, across all CNN platforms. Mendes Napoli, President of Napoli Management Group, said, “We are extremely fortunate to find someone like Josh to join our staff of talent representatives.  I believe he can help us navigate the future of television news, find the next generation of clients, and guide his clients into this new online media world.” 

Talent Moves at DCA

Talent Moves At NMG

Congrats to our friends at Napoli Managment on a number of great newsroom placements. Boris Sanchez is promoted to anchor New Day Weekend CNN. Guad Venegas joins NBC News a correspondent based in Los Angeles. Ike Ejiochi joined ABC News as a multi-platform reporter. Prior to this move, he was a reporter for WTTG in Washington DC. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto becomes a political analyst for the Telemundo Network and continues as a contributor for MSNBC. Rebekah Castor has been hired to the prestigious FOX MMR program. Rebekah is one of only five people chosen to participate. She’ll be based in New Orleans. Tony Cabrera is promoted to the weekend morning weather anchor at KABC in Los Angeles. He will continue to report during the week. Amanda VanAllen moves into the morning anchor position at WPHL in Philadelphia. Suzanne Brunner moves into a top five market and becomes a morning news specialty anchor and reporter at WFAA in Dallas. Tim Pandajis is promoted from within Tegna and lands at KHOU in Houston as a Monday-Friday meteorologist. And, there's more! For a full list click here.

Talent Moves at DCA

NMG Expanding

Los Angeles - Napoli Management Group, a Blue Equity portfolio company, is pleased to announce that Seth Mayeri has joined the company. He will serve as both a talent agent and the head of Napoli’s New York City office.

Seth has been representing talent in news, sports, and entertainment for 25 years. Since 2006, he has been a co-owner and agent at Evolution Media Talent. Seth brings with him a group of very successful clients in all facets of the industry.

Seth began his career in 1993 at Athletes and Artists, a prominent boutique management firm that represented high-profile broadcasters and professional athletes. He remained an agent with the company as it grew to become Marquee Group and eventually SFX.

Seth left SFX in 2005 and soon after he co-founded Evolution Media Talent with several business partners. There Seth focused on representing talent in network, cable, regional and local TV markets, as well as hosts, correspondents, and analysts for established and emerging digital outlets. He has launched the careers of numerous prominent television personalities.

“Seth is a great addition to our team of highly successful agents,” said Napoli Management Group president, Mendes Napoli. “Also, opening an office in New York gives us an additional presence in the nation’s number one TV market and home to most of the major TV News networks.”

Talent Moves At Napoli Management

Congrats to our friends at NMG for a number of great newsroom placements: 

SPOTLIGHT: Jerry Askin

Talent Moves At DCA

Talent Moves At 3 Kings Entertainment

Congrats to our friends at 3 Kings Entertainment on a number of great newsroom placements: ZUBIN MEHENTI is promoted to co-host ESPN Radio’s new morning show, “Keyshawn, Jay and Zubin.”  JAN JEFFCOAT this week becomes the face of Sinclair’s National News Service, solo anchoring a new weekday morning show from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. She is based out of Sinclair’s new studios in Washington, D.C. JOHN SCHRIFFEN joins ESPN as a play-by-play announcer, host, and reporter for all of the network’s programs and platforms based in Los Angeles. TIM MURRAY joins VSiN in Las Vegas as a host and will contribute across all of the network’s programs and platforms. LISA VILLAGES, a meteorologist from KOLD in Tucson, Ariz., joins KCPQ in Seattle, where she’ll be the station’s chief meteorologist. CARLA METTS GEBHART is joining WJZY in Charlotte, N.C., as a sports MMJ. JOSEPH OJO, a reporter at WBBH in Fort Myers, Fla., is heading to Baltimore as a reporter at WBFF. Investigative reporter WENDY HALLORAN joined KUTV in Salt Lake City. All are represented by Matthew Kingsley