E.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne To Retire In 2017

(RTTNews) - The E.W. Scripps Co. (SSP) said that Rich Boehne will retire from his role as president and CEO of the Company during the second half of 2017, and the company has appointed Chief Digital Officer Adam Symson to the new position of chief operating officer.

As COO, Symson will report to Boehne and oversee day-to-day operations of the company's broadcast TV, digital media and radio divisions. He is expected to move into the chief executive role when Boehne retires.

Symson, 41, joined the Scripps TV division in 2002 and has held a variety of roles before taking over the company's digital operations in 2011. In that role, he has run Scripps' local digital businesses in 27 markets as well as national digital content companies Midroll, Newsy and Cracked.

Prior to 2011, Symson ran operations, content and revenue for the TV division's interactive businesses. He also spent a year as director of content and marketing for the Scripps Interactive media division, which was spun off into Scripps Networks Interactive in 2008. He has served as director of investigations and special projects and director of news strategy and operations for the Scripps corporate television group. He joined Scripps as executive producer of investigations and special projects for Scripps affiliate KNXV in Phoenix in 2002. He also has worked for CBS stations WBBM in Chicago and KCBS in Los Angeles and as an independent producer for CBS News and NBC News.