Schwaid Departing WTXF Philly
A year after taking over the WTXF Philadelphia newsroom, Steve Schwaid is leaving the Fox-owned station. "Have a new opportunity outside of a newsroom," he said on Twitter, after "20+ years of being a news director/senior news manager."
Schwaid is a decorated TV news veteran. He joined WTXF last August from Meredith, where he was vice president of digital content, as well as news director at WGCL Atlanta.
He also had a long run at NBC, where he was senior VP of strategic growth and content initiatives for its stations.
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Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.