Brian Lawlor — President of Local Media at E.W. Scripps Company

Mr. Brian A. Lawlor has been President of Local Media at The E. W. Scripps Company since August 2017. Mr. Lawlor served as Senior Vice President of Broadcast at The E. W. Scripps Company from January 1, 2009 to August 2017. Mr. Lawlor served as Senior Vice President of Television at Comptel Oyj. He served as Senior Vice President of the Scripps television division at The E. W. Scripps Company and also served as its Senior Vice President of The Scripps Broadcast Division. He served as General Sales Manager for WCPO-TV at The E. W. Scripps Company. He served as Corporate Vice President of Sales for the Division at Comptel Oyj. He served for four years as Vice President and General Manager of WPTV, where he launched multiple news and weather Web sites, a 24-hour digital weather channel and South Florida's first high-definition local newscasts. He began his career with WPTV as an Account Executive in the early 1990s and served as its Local Sales Manager since 1998. Mr. Lawlor served as Station Manager for WPTV at The E. W. Scripps Company since January 7, 2004. He served as the National Sales Manager at WPTV since 1995. He serves as a Member of the ABC Sales Advisory Board and is the sales liaison to the ABC Marketing Board. He serves as a Member of the President Council at the University of Miami. He is active in the television industry. He serves on the NBC Affiliates Board and acting as the Board Liaison to the NBC promotion and NBC NewsChannel boards. Mr. Lawlor is a 1988 Graduate of King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., with a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing. He also has a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami.