Judy Harris has resigned or has been fired from her position as CEO and President of Channel One News. She held her position for barely two years.
Yesterday’s press release from Channel One quoted only Matt Diamond CEO of Alloy which is Channel One’s parent company. On Channel One’s Executive Bio page her name and biographical information have been removed.
Obligation’s Jim Metrock said, "Ms. Harris had an opportunity to sit down with critics of the program and she refused to do so. She had a chance to make Channel One News less exploitative than in the past and she refused to do so. These inactions on her part helped contributed to the financial disaster that happened on her watch. Primedia hired Ms. Harris hoping she would energize Channel One and increase revenue. Instead after almost exactly two years from the date Ms. Harris was hired with great fanfare, Channel One was sold for scrap value to the small and controversial Alloy Media and Marketing. Two years of the Harris administration and Channel One’s net value sank to zero. The bad news for students, parents, and teachers is Alloy’s Matt Diamond will make us soon wish Ms. Harris hadn’t left the building."
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The position of VP of Education Services is a clerical job mainly dealing with equipment problems. Ms. Goodman has been busy picking up old TV sets from schools that want Channel One out of their classrooms. |
Presently Channel One has no president or CEO. They also have not replaced their VP of Education. That position has been vacant for five years. Channel One also has no President of Programming. Greg Feehan was let go as Channel One’s Chief Financial Officer and has not been replaced. The office of the News Desk Manager remains empty after two years. It appears the company is barely existing and that Alloy Media and Marketing are trying to reach their break-even point by slashing all costs. Having no President and CEO may lower expenses but at what cost to the program?
Metrock continued, "The Channel One brand is dead. The company has few prospects. Being owned by Alloy will scare even more schools away. Channel One News is in the process of dying and it’s dying ugly. If Alloy wants to pretend Channel One is viable and if they want to throw good money after bad, let them. It will only make Alloy weaker and that’s a good thing for young people."
An imaginary interview with Judy Harris. (May 8, 2007)
