NBC announced today in separate releases tha NBC News President Steve Capus had promoted Lloyd Siegel to Vice President for News Partnerships.

“Lloyd has been a critical member of this news division and is invaluable in maintaining the connection between our stations and the network,” said Capus. “As the reach of what we do expands to many different platforms, the relationship with our affiliates and their news directors has never been more important. There is nobody better in this arena than Lloyd.”

Michelle Greppi in TVWeek has the 2nd announcement, which for whatever reason hasn’t shown up on the NBC Universal Media Village site, that Doug Vaughan has been brought in as a Vice President.

Returning to NBC News as a VP is Doug Vaughan, who was a former “Today” supervising producer specializing in entertainment-related segments before he moved to Burbank. On The West Coast he became NBC Entertainment special programs VP, overseeing shows including “Christmas in Rockefeller Center,” “Cher: The Farewell Tour” and “Princess Diana: The Secret Tapes.”
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Mr. Vaughan will continue to oversee NBC Entertainment special programming while also developing long-form programming and overseeing booking for all NBC News programs.