FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Jeffrey Green Promoted to Publisher of Winston-Salem Journal
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Jeffrey Green has been named president and publisher for the Winston-Salem Journal, Media General’s 69,000-circulation daily newspaper, and group leader for the Winston-Salem market. Mr. Green will also be responsible for the operations of the Journal’s Web site, www.journalnow.com, as well as the specialty publications Winston-Salem Monthly and skirt! magazine.
Mr. Green has been interim publisher of the Journal since May 5, 2010 and vice president of sales and marketing since November 2009. Before joining the Journal, he was president and chief executive of the Iwanna Division of Fayetteville Publishing Co, in Asheville and Greenville, S.C. Prior to that, he was president and publisher of the The Asheville Citizen-Times, and senior vice president of The Honolulu Advertiser. In 1999, he founded Media Solutions, a media and marketing consulting company whose clients included Knight-Ridder, Media General, Freedom Communications and The Evening Post Publishing Company of Charleston, S.C.
From 1983 – 1993, Mr. Green served as marketing services manager, classified manager, retail manager and advertising director at the Winston-Salem Journal. He moved to another Media General newspaper, The Tampa Tribune, in 1993, where he served six years as advertising director and vice president of sales and marketing.
“Jeff’s experience in all aspects of newspaper operations, and his proven success in revenue generation and product development, will prove valuable in meeting the changing needs of our consumers and advertisers,” said Jim Conschafter, president of Media General’s North Carolina Market. “His vision, perspective and commitment to innovative solutions will help position us for continued growth in our Winston-Salem market.”
“I spent 10 years learning what I know about the traditional print business right here at the Journal,” said Mr. Green. “I’m looking forward to working with our local team to use that experience, plus my digital experience, to continue the transformation of the Winston-Salem Journal into a platform agnostic, multimedia information source. Although the way we reach our audience has changed to include online, mobile, e-mail and more, we have met the challenge and our total audience has never been greater. We have been and will continue to be the major source of relevant, local information for our market.”
About Media General
Media General is a leading provider of news, information and entertainment across multiple media platforms, serving consumers and advertisers in strong local markets, primarily in the Southeastern United States. Media General’s operations are organized in five geographic market segments and a sixth segment that includes the company’s interactive advertising services and certain other operations. The company’s operations include 18 network-affiliated television stations and their associated Web sites, three metropolitan and 20 community newspapers and their associated Web sites, more than 200 specialty publications that include weekly newspapers and niche publications targeted to various demographic, geographic and topical communities of interest. Many of the company’s specialty publications have associated Web sites. Media General additionally operates three interactive advertising services companies: Blockdot, which specializes in interactive entertainment and advergaming technologies; DealTaker.com, a coupon and shopping Web site; and NetInformer, a leading provider of wireless media and mobile marketing services.
Jeffrey Green
Publisher
The Winston-Salem Journal
www.journalnow.com
336-727-7335
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P.O. Box 85333
Richmond, Virginia 23293-0001
Contact: employeecommunications@mediageneral.com
NEWS RELEASE Wednesday, September 28, 2009
Bogue named sales,
marketing director
By Stephanie Creech | Times Senior Writer
Wilson native Shana Bogue is the new sales and marketing director of The Wilson Times.
Bogue assumed her post effective today. She replaces Gayle Smith, who joined The Wilson Times in January. Smith has taken the advertising director's position at the Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C.
"The Wilson Times and the entire Wilson advertising community are fortunate to have Shana to step right in and run our advertising department," said Morgan Dickerman, publisher of The Wilson Times. "I know the department will not miss one beat. Everyone who has come in contact with her knows she is highly qualified and cares about this newspaper and our advertising customers.
"It's nice to have such 'homegrown' talent," Dickerman said. "Shana and our entire ad staff will continue the level of excellent service we have established with all of our advertising customers helping them to get the results they need."
Bogue, 31, joined the newspaper in March 1998. She designed advertisements then focused on the first major redesign of the newspaper's Web site. Bogue also helped launch the company's Express specialty advertising division before taking on the role of advertising sales assistant. Bogue held that position for about a year before she was tapped to serve as an advertising sales representative for the company. Bogue was an advertising sales representative for just over a year.
In her new role, Bogue will continue to work with advertisers and is looking forward to helping them come up with solutions for marketing their products. Bogue said small business owners often don't have time to come up with an advertising campaign that will best help them sell their product.
Bogue said she never thought she would work at a newspaper. But Bogue found she enjoyed the challenge of designing advertisements. It didn't take her long to realize she wanted to learn as much as she could about the newspaper industry, particularly advertising. Bogue said she has learned more about advertising in every step she's taken.
Working with advertisers to develop concepts for advertisements is still something Bogue enjoys doing. Bogue said she is glad she's had the experience of working with both online and print because the Web is so different. Bogue thinks she will bring to her new position a working knowledge of the difference in and benefits of advertising on the Web.
Bogue will manage a staff of 11 full time and two part-time employees. In June, Bogue completed the Dynamic Leadership course offered by the Wilson Chamber of Commerce. She is also an active member of the Wilson Jaycees.
She is a 1996 graduate of Wilson Christian Academy. Bogue attended Campbell University for a year and one-half.
NEWS RELEASE September 2, 2009
Newspaper names new ad director
 Gayle J. Smith
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The Post and Courier
Newspaper veteran Gayle J. Smith has been named advertising director of The Post and Courier, it was announced Tuesday.
Smith starts in her new position Sept. 28.
She will oversee The Post and Courier's retail and classified advertising departments for print and online sales. She reports to the publisher.
Smith started her advertising career in 1972 as an advertising assistant for Sears in Selma, Ala., where she helped coordinate newspaper ads for the department store chain.
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She currently is director of sales and marketing for The Wilson Times in Wilson, N.C. Before that, Smith was director of advertising for the Asheville Citizen Times in Asheville, N.C., and previously worked in various sales, marketing and managerial positions for The Charlotte Observer for almost 15 years.
She has a bachelor's degree from Queens College in Charlotte, where she graduated summa cum laude.
Smith is a past president of the North Carolina Press Association and has been actively involved in the communities where she has worked, serving various civic organizations.
"Gayle brings more than an impressive sales and management resume," said Bill Hawkins, editor and publisher of The Post and Courier. "Her people skills, energy and genuine love of the newspaper business will help us grow our franchise in this challenging economic climate. And I guarantee she will be an asset to our growing community."
ADVANTAGE NEWSPAPER CONSULTANTS AND TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES SIGN LOCAL AD SALES TRANSITION AGREEMENT
FAYETTEVILLE, NC July 22, 2009 – Advantage Newspaper Consultants (ANC), a leader in ad sales for local TV-magazines, and Tribune Media Services (TMS), a leading provider of TV, movie and celebrity information, have announced a joint agreement in which ANC will acquire the local advertising sales contracts for TMS’ newspaper customers.
“This collaboration is about building relationships and working together to ensure that newspapers continue to have a strong, professional partner in local TV magazine and online ad sales services during a time of economic uncertainty. We are honored that TMS has shown their trust in our company and our ad sales services by transitioning their local ad sales clients to us.” said Timothy O. Dellinger, President of Advantage Newspaper Consultants.
“Under this new relationship Advantage will provide more newspaper publishers with great ad-sales services that generate incremental revenue, while TMS focuses on providing the best entertainment information products and services. We’re happy to be working closely with Advantage to meet the needs of newspapers’ readers and advertisers, both in print and on the Web,” said Jay Fehnel, Vice President of TMS Entertainment Products.
Under the terms of the agreement, TMS will conduct a phased exit from providing ad sales representation services for local TV magazines and entertainment Web sites. ANC will assume TMS’ active local sales contracts over the next several months, including future sales representation, customer service, invoicing and billing.
TMS’ client agreements for print and online entertainment listings and other services are unaffected by the shift in local ad sales to ANC.
About Tribune Media Services Entertainment Products
Tribune Media Services' Entertainment Products division is an international leader in entertainment navigation. It provides industry-leading databases of TV, movie and celebrity information, guides in print, online and on-screen formats, and advertising and marketing services to build audiences. For more information about TMS Entertainment products, visit: http://www.tribunemediaservices.com/.
About Advantage Newspaper Consultants
Founded in 1996, Advantage Newspaper Consultants (ANC) has been dedicated to providing newspapers nationwide with the innovative tools and professional expertise needed to enhance readership and become more profitable. Integrating newspaper industry experience with technology, ANC offers compelling and successful revenue solutions that produce results in print and online markets. ANC provides a proven sales program that has helped hundreds of newspapers of all sizes sell millions of dollars in advertising revenue. For more information on Advantage Newspaper Consultants and its products and services, visit: http://www.newspaperconsultants.com/.
For media inquiries, contact:
John Jones, Vice President
Tel: 910-323-0349
Email: john@newspaperconsultants.com
Dana Gage, Executive Director, Marketing
Tel: 817-275-5161
Email: dgage@tribune.com
NEWS RELEASE July 20, 2009
Cooke Communications to buy Cox N.C. Publications
Rocky Mount Telegram
Monday, July 20, 2009
Cox Enterprises Inc. announced today it has reached a definitive agreement to sell three of its North Carolina newspapers – the Rocky Mount Telegram, The Daily Reflector of Greenville and The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City – and ten weekly newspapers in eastern North Carolina to Cooke Communications LLC, a privately-held family company headed by John Kent Cooke.
The transaction is expected to close in the upcoming weeks.
The weekly publications include the Beaufort-Hyde News (Bellhaven), Bertie-Ledger Advance (Windsor), The Chowan Herald (Edenton), Duplin Times (Kenansville), The Enterprise (Williamston), Farmville Enterprise, Perquimans Weekly (Elizabeth City), Standard Laconic (Snow Hill), Times-Leader (Ayden-Grifton) and Weekly Herald (Robersonville).
“These papers provide a valuable service to many communities across North Carolina,” said Doug Franklin, executive vice president, Cox Newspapers. “Cox Enterprises began as a family-owned newspaper, and we’re confident that the Cooke family will be excellent owners of these papers and continue to foster a strong commitment to the community and advertisers.”
“We will continue the strong tradition of family-owned independent newspapers serving these communities of eastern North Carolina,” John Kent Cooke said. “We look forward to working with the talented staffs at these newspapers to continue providing timely, accurate local news that matters to readers’ lives. We believe in local, local, local,” he said, speaking about the content of the newspapers.
Cooke’s eldest son, John Kent Cooke Jr., will move to the Greenville area to become president of Cooke Communications North Carolina and publisher of The Daily Reflector. It is anticipated that virtually all employees will be retained under the new ownership.
As announced in 2008, Cox Enterprises continues to market for sale its newspapers in Texas. Cox recently sold The Lufkin Daily News and The Daily Sentinel (Nacogdoches, Texas), and the company plans to complete its sale of the Waco Tribune-Herald, as well as The Daily Sentinel and The Nickel (Grand Junction, Colo.) in the upcoming weeks. Citigroup and Dirks, Van Essen & Murray have been retained to assist Cox Enterprises with the marketing of these assets.
Cox Enterprises is a leading communications, media and automotive services company. With revenues exceeding $15 billion and more than 77,000 employees, the company’s major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications, Inc. (cable television distribution, telephone, high-speed Internet access, commercial telecommunications, advertising solutions and the Travel Channel); Manheim, Inc. (vehicle auctions, repair and certification services and web-based technology products); Cox Media Group, Inc. (television stations, digital media, newspapers, advertising sales rep firms and Cox Radio, Inc.); and AutoTrader.com (online automotive classifieds and related publications). Additionally, Cox’s Internet operations include Kudzu.com and Adify Corporation, a unit of Cox TMI, Inc.
Cooke Communications, LLC is a private corporation headed by John Kent Cooke. It owns The Key West Citizen (8,900 daily, 9,749 Sunday), a number of weekly newspapers stringing the Florida Keys, and Internet publishing business floridakeys.com
Previously, John Kent Cooke was part owner of The Los Angeles Daily News, the Washington Redskins and The Chrysler Building in New York City, among other businesses. He was executive vice president of the Washington Redskins for 18 years and retired as president upon the liquidation of the family company to fund the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. He resides in Middleburg, Va. where he established The Boxwood Winery.
John Kent Cooke Jr. has been publisher of The Key West Citizen, the weekly Free Press community papers and keysnews.com for nine years. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. His media experience includes working as a reporter at The Fauquier Times Democrat in Warrenton, Va. and the Steamboat Pilot and Today newspapers in Steamboat Springs, Colo. He also was director of marketing and stadium operations for the Washington Redskins in the 1990s.
Thomas Kent Cooke is a graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara Calif. He was a freelance photographer until joining AOL in Washington, D.C. He has been the CEO of the internet company, floridakeys.com, in Key West for the past nine years. He will continue to reside in Florida as CEO of floridakeys.com and will become president of Florida Cooke Communications, LLC.
Paul A Clarin, who has served as Cooke Communications corporate CFO since 2001, has been named publisher of The Key West Citizen and accompanying weekly community newspapers in the Florida Keys.
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Agee Presented H.L.M. |
Cathy Agee, Southeastern Regional Manager, Metro Creative Graphics, was presented with our organization’s highest honor at the conference banquet on Friday, June 11. John Cash, a Past President and Honorary Life Member recipient presented the award. Cathy’s Mother, Helen Agee, Brother and Sister-In-Law, David and Margaret Agee were in attendance as Cathy’s Mid-Atlantic career was chronicled in pictures. Jo Ann Shapiro, Sales Manager of Metro, was also in attendance for the presentation. Cathy becomes only the second recipient of this honor to follow a father in receiving the award. Bill Agee, also Southeastern Regional Manager with Metro, who received the award several years prior to his death, would have been extremely proud to see Cathy honored. Metro has the highest number of Honorary Life Members at six. Congratulations Cathy! |
NEWS RELEASE April 2, 2009
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Lucy Talley named publisher of Times-Union |
Lucy Talley, an experienced newspaper executive, was appointed publisher of the Jacksonville (FL) Times-Union on Monday (Mar. 30, 2009) by William S. Morris IV, president of Morris Communications Co.
Talley, who became the newspaper’s associate publisher Nov. 1, replaces former publisher Carl Cannon, who retired in December 2007. Jim Currow, Morris Communications Co. executive vice president of newspapers, has served as interim publisher since Cannon’s retirement.
“She’s a very talented newspaper executive,” Currow said of Talley. “I think as the people of Jacksonville get to know her, they’re going to really be pleased having Lucy running their newspaper.”
Talley said her focus will be on continuing to provide readers with useful information and advertisers with an effective way to reach their audiences as the newspaper continues to navigate a punishing economic downturn.
“The people here are passionate about what they do,” Talley said. “Because of that, just on sheer determination, we’ll get through the storm. And it is a storm.”
Currow will return full-time to duties as executive vice president of newspapers for Morris Communications Co. and Morris Publishing Group, managing Morris newspapers in Arkansas, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, South Carolina and Texas.
He said he leaves the newspaper in good hands.
“I think Lucy will be very good sailing the ship through troubled seas,” Currow said.
Morris, chief executive officer of Morris Publishing Group, praised Talley’s demonstrated leadership.
“Lucy is one of the finest newspaper executives I have had the pleasure of working with during my career,” Morris said. “She is passionate about our business and understands the challenges and opportunities facing the industry today. We are proud of her past accomplishments and expect more great things from The Florida Times-Union and Jacksonville.com under her leadership..”
Editorially, Talley said she wants the newspaper to continue to provide the thorough reporting and impartiality readers expect.
“Many people depend on us to tell them what’s going on in the community, yet allow them, with the Internet especially, to be involved and provide feedback,” she said. “Readers depend on us to provide in-depth, investigative and enterprise reporting, and along the way we have to be entertaining as well.”
Talley said she expects the newspaper’s advertising sales force to leverage all the tools that the print and online version allow.
“Money flows to ideas, whatever business you’re in. It’s being able to come up with a solution that works for the advertiser,” she said.
Currow said he is pleased to have run the newspaper for the last 14 months.
“This newspaper is integral to this community and to the future of this community. I’m really proud of the kind of product we’re putting out at this place every day. Our employees here are particularly top-quality folks. I believe, without a doubt, this is the finest newspaper management team I’ve ever had the pleasure and privilege of working with.”
Talley began work in newspapers in 1979 at The Ledger in Lakeland, where she worked in multiple advertising roles before rising to advertising director. In 1995, she became the director of advertising for The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., and was promoted to general manager in 2000. She was named publisher of the Salisbury Post in North Carolina in 2004.
She became vice president of newspapers for Morris in 2006 and also is chief operating officer of skirt! magazine and skirt.com.
Talley’s husband, Mike Stricklin, and his son Alex will move here from Augusta, Ga. Stricklin’s other son, Andrew, lives in Jacksonville. Talley’s daughter, Trina, is a math teacher in Lakeland.
Lucy Talley is a Past President of Mid-Atlantic N.A.M.E.
NEWS RELEASE January 9, 2009
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DAILY PRESS APPOINTS RADIO EXECUTIVE TO LEAD INTERACTIVE SALES |
(HAMPTON ROADS, VA) – Hampton Roads radio executive John A. Daman has joined The Daily Press Inc. as director of interactive sales and operations.
The appointment of Daman, most recently a senior account executive at SAGA Communications-owned FM stations WNOR and WAFX, to the Daily Press leadership team became effective Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009.
In his new position, Daman is responsible for directing Internet sales activities for websites operated by the Daily Press and CBS-television affiliate WTKR, with which the Daily Press participates in a news and promotional partnership.
“John’s role signals our emphasis on integrating sales across multiple media platforms in response to the expanding marketing needs of the Hampton Roads business community,” said Robert C. Weber, Daily Press Vice President of Advertising.
During his more than 12 years in the broadcast industry, Daman has been associated with radio stations in southeastern Virginia and Long Island, N.Y.
A graduate of Old Dominion University, he began his career in 1996 with the Hampton Roads Radio Group, serving as promotions coordinator for WGH-FM, 97.3 The Eagle. In 1998, he assumed management of advertising accounts for both The Eagle and the station’s AM counterpart, ESPN Radio 1310.
Daman left the area in 2004 to join the Long Island Radio Group in New York. At LIRG, he was credited with developing commercial, promotional and interactive marketing campaigns for the group’s portfolio of stations, producing results that consistently exceeded the expectations of advertisers, as measured by customer surveys.
Returning to Hampton Roads in 2006, he signed on with Chesapeake-based Tidewater Communications, where he created multimedia advertising campaigns for WNOR and WAFX clients and produced several annual events to foster the interaction of the stations and their business sponsors with the community of listeners.
A native of Norfolk, Daman resides in Virginia Beach.
“I look forward to working with the Daily Press and WTKR staffs to produce new and exciting interactive opportunities for our clients, bringing them together with their customers in this dynamic marketplace,” he noted.
The Daily Press, Inc., is a diversified media company engaged in gathering, packaging and distributing news, information and advertising on the Virginia Peninsula, located in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia, and in surrounding communities. Headquartered in Newport News and a subsidiary of Tribune, the company publishes the Daily Press newspaper seven days a week, the twice-weekly Virginia Gazette in Williamsburg, the weekly Tidewater Review serving the greater West Point area, and several special interest publications. Daily Press online affiliates – dailypress.com, metromix.com, hrtownsquare.com, hrvarsity.com and hrmilitary.com – provide Hampton Roads’ Internet community with information, entertainment and advertising.
