---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929638-23-002018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MDIA"
cik: "0001784254"
company_name: "Mediaco Holding Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:49:16.177366+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MediaCo president/COO/general counsel resigns; Kudjo Sogadzi appointed COO

## Summary
- Bradford A. Tobin resigned as President, COO, General Counsel and Secretary on July 11, 2023; will serve as advisor through Aug 11, 2023.
- Tobin receives $175K severance plus $19K COBRA; equity vesting accelerated per separation agreement.
- Kudjo Sogadzi named COO effective July 14, 2023; base salary $200K, $150K in Class A shares vesting over 3 years.
- Sogadzi previously an Investment Analyst at Standard General L.P., an affiliate of MediaCo's largest stockholder.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929638-23-002018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MDIA
- cik: 0001784254
- company_name: Mediaco Holding Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784254/000092963823002018/0000929638-23-002018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784254/000092963823002018/a8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-23-002018
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-23-002018.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bradford A. Tobin resigned as President, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary at Mediaco Holding Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: On July 11, 2023, Bradford A. Tobin, the President, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of MediaCo Holding Inc. (the “Company” or “MediaCo”), resigned as an officer of the Company, effective on such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784254/000092963823002018/0000929638-23-002018-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kudjo Sogadzi was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Mediaco Holding Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Also on July 11, 2023, the Company announced the appointment of Kudjo Sogadzi, age 40, as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective July 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784254/000092963823002018/0000929638-23-002018-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.