View Post CW Affiliates | News Directors | Top 10 WPIX Names Mark Effron News Director By Merrill Knox on Apr. 9, 2013 - 10:01 AM Mark Effron has been named vice president and news director of WPIX, Tribune’s CW affiliate in New York City. Effron is the former vice president of news and daytime programming at MSNBC. He has also worked for the Post-News ...