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| David DuBose |
Cox Media Group has filed a court response to a lawsuit filed by former Birmingham VP/Market Manager David DuBose.
DuBose is suing Cox for failture to pay him $310K a-stay-in-place management bonus. He says the company promised Dubose the bonus when it was selling is Birmingham cluster to Summit Media.
Debose is currently EVP/COO for Summit .
In a court filing, Cox’s counterclaim says DuBose violated a Cox directive to not make “any significant decisions” without consulting corporate. Cox says DuBose hired WJOX PD Ryan Haney from Cumulus, a violation of its directive. Cox says DuBose hired Haney in hopes of luring local sports personality Paul Finebaum to its then-sports WZNN.
CMG suits further claims the Haney hiring was solely for “Summit ’s benefit”.
Cox maintains it decided to fire DeBose, but was dissuaded by Summit Media investor Carl Palmer.