Herbert G. Klein, 91, a San Diego newspaperman who was a longtime aide to Richard M. Nixon and was White House communications director during much of the Watergate era, died July 2 at his home in La Jolla, Calif., after a heart attack.

Friends and family in his hometown mourned and paid tribute to the popular TV pitchman who died last Sunday of a heart attack in Tampa, Fla. Mays' body was clad in his signature blue button-down shirt and khaki trousers as were his pallbearers. The Discovery Channel, which airs Mays' reality show, covered the funeral.

LIN is moving Patti McGettigan from head of news at its WOOD Grand Rapids, Mich., to its CBS affiliate in Indianapolis.

DirecTV has reached out to Blake Krikorian as a possible successor to Chase Carey as CEO. If that doesn't work out, another option could be joining the DirecTV board.

Chase Carey, who rejoined the media conglomerate as deputy chairman, president and chief operating officer, received a signing bonus of $10 million and will earn a base salary of $8.1 million.

Actor Neil Patrick Harris is in the midst of cutting a deal with CBS and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to host the 61st annual awards show on Sept. 20. Insiders cautioned that the deal is not yet completed, but all sides are working toward setting Harris as this year's Emmycast frontman as soon as possible.

The family of Karl Malden says the actor who won an Oscar for his role in A Streetcar Named Desire and starred in ABC's The Streets of San Francisco in the 1970s has died.

The pioneering Minneapolis-based broadcaster receives a "Historic Site in Journalism" award by the Society of Professional Journalists.