Mike Murri

The E.W. Scripps Company has promoted the leaders of its Detroit and Salt Lake City stations, respectively, to the twin roles of Regional Vice President of Local Media.  Mike Murri, VP/General Manager of WXYZ-TV/WMYD-TV (Detroit) has been promoted as was Merri Hanson, VP/General Manager of KSTU-TV (Salt Lake City).

In these roles, they will continue as general managers for their home local television stations as well as overseeing a regional group of Scripps local stations.

Murri has served as VP/General Manager the the Detroit stations since 2015.  He joined WXYZ in 1982, previously serving as station manager, director of sales and local sales manager.  He is past chair of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Television Bureau of Advertising Advisory Committee. He has served on the ABC Sales Advisory Committee and is currently an executive board member of Forgotten Harvest, a non-profit organization dedicated to relieving hunger in Metro Detroit. Murri is also on the executive board of Visit Detroit, a non-profit that promotes metro Detroit regionally, nationally and internationally as a convention, business and tourism destination.  Murri received a Bachelor of Science degree from Oakland University.