Akin Harrison, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, TEGNA (Courtesy photo)
Akin Harrison, who was recently promoted from associate GC to general counsel, senior vice president and secretary at TEGNA, discusses the challenges of working in the media industry and why he left aerospace engineering for law.
October 10, 2018 at 04:23 PM
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Akin Harrison, the new general counsel at media company TEGNA Inc., said in-house lawyers like him face special challenges as they try to keep pace with the constantly changing media landscape.
The challenges are coming from both a regulatory and technology standpoint, Harrison noted.
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