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Hallmark media CEO leaves, month after same-sex ad backlash

| January 24, 2020 12:05 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The head of Hallmark's media business is leaving the company after 11 years, just a month after its flagship Hallmark Channel faced an outcry over a decision to pull an ad with a lesbian couple kissing.

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