Headed Down The 5

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Back in September, FTVLive FIRST told you that Olsen Ebright, who insiders say is the backbone of the digital side of KTLA (LA) was leaving the station. Digital EP Melissa Pamer also announced that she was leaving around the same time.

(By the way- a couple of TV blogs reported that Ebright’s departure yesterday. FTVLive FIRST reported it last month)

“They preferred to quit than implement the new clickbait mandate for the web,” said one KTLA employee to FTVLive.

Now, KTLA has announced that Nexstar’s Director of Digital Content Bill Disbrow has headed down from San Francisco to oversee things until the station can find some new managers in the digital department.

Here is the internal email that was sent to the staff and obtained by FTVLive:

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