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Bob Christie, who began his career as a pressman 30 years ago, has been named vice president and operations director for the Sun-Sentinel Co., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He had been the paper's production manager.
John M. Disera was named vice president of production at Copley Chicago Newspapers' Fox Valley Press in Plainfield, Ill. He had served as production director since 1997.
Dan Finnigan was named president of the 45-site Knight Ridder New Media. He had served as president and CEO of SBC Interactive, an online-directory developer.
Christian A. Hendricks was appointed to McClatchy Co.'s newly created position of vice president, interactive media. He had served as president and publisher of Nando Media.
David B. Hills was named vice president of sales for Cox Interactive Media.
Robert Hudson was named general manager of the Journal-Advocate in Sterling, Colo.
Timothy J. Landon, formerly vice president and general manager of Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, was named Tribune Interactive's vice president of business development.
Loup Langton is the new photo director of Copley Chicago Newspapers' Aurora, Ill., papers.
Robert L. Loomis has been named publisher of the San Diego Daily Transcript.
Sharon M. Mandell, formerly Tribune Co. director of advanced technology, was named vice president and chief technology officer of Tribune Interactive.
Lincoln L. Millstein, The Boston Globe's vice president for new media, was named Times Company Digital group vice president, and publisher of local and regional sites.
Christopher D. Neimeth, group vice president of The New York Times Electronic Media Co., was named Times Company Digital's senior vice president of business development and strategic planning.
Michael Plonski, director of processing technologies for Tribune Information Systems, was named vice president of technical operations for Tribune Interactive.
David A. Thurm, The New York Times Co. vice president of production, was named chief operating officer of Times Company Digital.
Vendors
Robert Basset recently joined Gammerler Corp., Hanover Park, Ill., as president.
David Prizer, classified-advertising manager of the Portland (Maine) Press Herald, was named AdOne's affiliate vice president.
Richard Sutis is the new chief technology officer for Goss Graphic Systems Inc., Westmont, Ill.
Karen Weltchek has been named president and chief executive officer of Atex Media Solutions, Bedford, Mass. (see story, p. 26).
Associations
Joan M. Salter, purchasing manager of The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., was elected president of the Newspaper Purchasing Management Association. Also elected were President-Elect Thomas Miller of the Houston Chronicle; Vice President Geraldine Wiest of The Patriot-News Co. in Harrisburg, Pa.; Secretary Samuel Mirza of the Chicago Tribune; and Treasurer Patricia R. Lett of E.W. Scripps Co./Supply in Cincinnati.
In Tie, 2 Named New Media Pioneers Levitan, immediate past president of the NAA New Media Federation, oversees New Jersey Online, one of the state's most popular sites. A frequent speaker at industry events, he has written about Internet marketing and advertising for the Edge Unplugged, the NAA New Media Federation newsletter, and for Advertising Age. Gipson helped develop NAA's original World
Wide Web site, as well as The Digital Edge (www.digitaledge.org).
She founded the New Media Business Development initiative, which
identifies new-business opportunities and partnership options for
the industry, and helped develop NAA's New Media Fellows instructional
program for minorities. In addition to her monthly Presstime column,
Gipson has authored several publications, including Opportunities
in Anarchy, Winning the Digital Ad Wars, Web.Help and Saving Main
Street: An E-Commerce Call to Action. This summer, she also taught
the inaugural MBA Internet advertising course at American University's
Kogod School of Business. |
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a first-ever tie, Peter Levitan, president of New Jersey Online,
and Melinda Gipson, NAA's new media business-development director,
have been voted New Media Pioneers by their peers in NAA's New Media
Federation.