The Phoenix

WBUR's new hire

WBUR has itself a new managing editor: it's Mark Degon, who'll be leaving his news director post at WRNI to take the job.

Depending on who you believe, Jon Marcus, Degon's predecessor, exited because A) he couldn't make the transition from print to radio or B) he lost an internal turf war. If the brunt of the truth lies with A), Degon should fare better: he's been running the show at WRNI for a decade, and was the senior news producer at WBUR, WRNI's parent station, before that.

Published Jan 22 2008, 10:39 PM by Adam Reilly

Brad Deltan said:

One should not overlook what this does (or does not) mean for WRNI as much as what it does (or does not) mean for WBUR. Don't forget, technically they are two completely separate companies now. Granted, there is still a lot of overlap in operations, styles, staff and even some budgetary...but they are technically separate and only going to get moreso. The loss of a long-time pro like Mark Degon could have long-term effects on WRNI.

January 23, 2008 7:55 PM
Aging Cynic said:

Turf wars at WBUR - who could have seen that coming?

January 24, 2008 9:24 PM