{"id":274370,"date":"2026-06-16T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/tegna-promotes-kurt-rao-to-evp-chief-technology-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:55:10","slug":"tegna-promotes-kurt-rao-to-evp-chief-technology-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/tegna-promotes-kurt-rao-to-evp-chief-technology-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"TEGNA promotes Kurt Rao to EVP, Chief Technology Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedesk.net\/2026\/06\/tegna-promotes-kurt-rao-to-evp-chief-technology-officer\/\">TEGNA promotes Kurt Rao to EVP, Chief Technology Officer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedesk.net\/2026\/06\/tegna-promotes-kurt-rao-to-evp-chief-technology-officer\/\">https:\/\/thedesk.net\/2026\/06\/tegna-promotes-kurt-rao-to-evp-chief-technology-officer\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-16 08:46:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"thedesk.net\">thedesk.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kurt Rao. (Photo via social media)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TEGNA has promoted Kurt Rao to the newly created position of Executive Vice President and Chief Technology and Digital Products Officer, expanding his responsibilities as the broadcaster continues to integrate its technology, product and digital operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appointment was announced Thursday by TEGNA Chief Executive Officer Patrick Paolini.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his new role, Rao will oversee the company\u2019s digital product strategy and technology platforms, bringing together product management, engineering, technology and operations teams responsible for delivering content across broadcast, streaming, mobile and digital channels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs audience behaviors continue to evolve, innovation must be at the center of everything we do,\u201d Paolini said in a statement. \u201cUniting our technology, digital, and product organizations creates a stronger, more agile TEGNA \u2014 one that can move faster, serve consumers more effectively, and position our company for long-term growth in an increasingly competitive media landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rao joined TEGNA in 2018 as the company\u2019s Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. During his tenure, he has led the company\u2019s broader digital transformation efforts, overseeing technology strategy, broadcast operations and information technology. His responsibilities have included the development of technology platforms supporting content distribution, advertising insights and newsroom operations, as well as the implementation of proprietary artificial intelligence tools across the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m excited to take on this new role,\u201d Rao said on Tuesday. \u201cNew capabilities and technologies are redefining how we deliver local news. By bringing our broadcast, digital, and product teams together, we can adopt these tools quickly and at scale to create better, more engaging experiences for our viewers and advertisers across every platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TEGNA operates 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets and has increasingly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedesk.net\/2026\/06\/tegna-promotes-kurt-rao-to-evp-chief-technology-officer\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEGNA promotes Kurt Rao to EVP, Chief Technology Officer https:\/\/thedesk.net\/2026\/06\/tegna-promotes-kurt-rao-to-evp-chief-technology-officer\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-16 08:46:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thedesk.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BLANK-Kurt-Rao-WEBP-TD.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-274370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274372,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274370\/revisions\/274372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}