Word is that KMOV in St. Louis has taken the "Acting News Director" title for Brian Thouvenot.

e's now the guy in the chair. 

Thouvenot takes over for Sean McLaughlin who bolted for Scripps and is now running all of their news departments.

Thouvenot has gone up the ranks, he was a producer at KDNL and an EP at KMOV before taking on the roles of Asst. ND and now News Director.