Mark Burdett has been named president and general manager of WUSA, the CBS-affiliate in Washington, DC.

The move marks a return to the Washington, DC local television market for Burdett. He was vice president and station manager at rival WJLA, the ABC-affiliate, from 1996-98. Most recently, he was vice president of corporate sales and development for the Baltimore Ravens.

“His innovative thinking, proven team-building and community expertise make him an ideal fit for WUSA,” Dave Lougee, president of WUSA parent company Gannett Broadcasting, said in a statement. “He brings back to broadcasting a fresh perspective on serving our viewers and the community at large.”

Burdett replaces Allan Horlick, who announced his retirement in November.

WUSA, the CBS-affiliate in Washington, DC, has removed a story from the station’s website after learning that the copy was identical to a Washington Post article on the same subject.

The articles were about Robert Lederer, the mayor of Fairfax, announcing his resignation. The WUSA story went up about three hours after the Post article, according to Poynter.

“An assignment editor saw the piece in the Post and cut and pasted the body of information into an email,” WUSA president and general manager Allan Horlick told Poynter. That email was then forwarded to Ashley Jennings, a web producer at the station, who thought it was a press release to be rewritten and published on the station’s website. Read more