Cleveland’s WEWS Introduces New VP-GM

By Andrew Gauthier 

The Plain Dealer

WEWS Channel 5‘s new vice president and general manager is on the job. His name is Sam Rosenwasser, and he introduced himself Tuesday morning to employees at the Cleveland station owned by E.W. Scripps Co.

Rosenwasser, 57, was the president and general manager of WTSP Channel 10, the Gannett-owned CBS affiliate in the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., market. He was at helm of WTSP for seven years, accepting an early retirement package in late 2008.

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What lured him back to local television?

“I love this business and I realized I just couldn’t stay away,” Rosenwasser said Tuesday More…

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