---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929638-24-003274"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MDIA"
cik: "0001784254"
company_name: "Mediaco Holding Inc."
filed_at: "2024-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:14:02.744636+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MediaCo CFO Ann Beemish resigns; Debra DeFelice named CFO; President Kudjo Sogadzi resigns

## Summary
- CFO Ann C. Beemish resigned effective Sept 30, 2024; Debra DeFelice appointed CFO & Treasurer effective Sept 26.
- New CFO DeFelice receives base salary $450K, target cash incentive $225K, one-time bonus $75K (Q1 2025).
- Equity grant of $1M (pending stockholder approval) vests 50% ratably over 3 years, 50% performance-based.
- Severance: 6 months base salary if terminated without cause.
- President Kudjo Sogadzi resigned Sept 26; interim CEO Jacqueline Hernández elected to also serve as interim President.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929638-24-003274
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MDIA
- cik: 0001784254
- company_name: Mediaco Holding Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784254/000092963824003274/0000929638-24-003274-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784254/000092963824003274/a8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-24-003274.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jacqueline Hernández changed role as Interim President at Mediaco Holding Inc..
  - Action: elected to also serve as interim President
  - Role: Interim President
  source text: Jacqueline Hernández, the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer, was elected to also serve as interim President as of such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784254/000092963824003274/0000929638-24-003274-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ann C. Beemish resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Mediaco Holding Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 25, 2024, Ann C. Beemish, the Chief Financial Officer of MediaCo Holding Inc. (the “Company”), resigned as an officer of the Company, effective September 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784254/000092963824003274/0000929638-24-003274-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kudjo Sogadzi resigned as President at Mediaco Holding Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President
  source text: On September 26, 2024, Kudjo Sogadzi, the President of the Company, resigned as an officer of the Company, effective on such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784254/000092963824003274/0000929638-24-003274-index.htm
- Executive change
  Debra DeFelice was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Mediaco Holding Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On September 26, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Debra DeFelice, age 55, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784254/000092963824003274/0000929638-24-003274-index.htm

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