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Jeffrey Johnson has been named president of Hearst Newspapers. Johnson replaces Mark E. Aldam, who was promoted to Hearst’s chief operating officer. Previously, Johnson served as publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle. Before he became publisher in 2013, Johnson worked for 25 years in the publishing industry. He served as CEO of the Los Angeles Times and worked in private equity at the Yucaipa Cos. In 2017, E&P named him Publisher of the Year.
Nicole Carroll has been named editor-in-chief of USA TODAY. Prior to her new role, Carroll served as vice president of news and editor of the Arizona Republic and azcentral. com since 2015. She joined the Republic in 1999. During her career there, Carroll held various jobs including city editor, planning editor, managing editor and executive editor, which she earned in 2008. Mike Dalton has been named president of the Minnesota Newspaper Association. Dalton is currently the publisher of the Cannon Falls (Minn.) Beacon, which has been in his family since 1880. He replaces Chris Schultz of the Herald Journal. CNHI has announced several editorial appointments. Dennis Lyons, editor of the Sunbury (Pa.) Daily Item, is now national editor and teams up with nine regional editors, who will work with the CNHI’s local editors. James Zachary, editor of the Valdosta (Ga.) Daily Times, will become the deputy national editor. He will also serve as regional editor for CNHI papers in North Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. Other regional appointments include: Scott Underwood, editor of the Herald (Ind.) Bulletin: Indiana and Illinois; Carol Stark, editor of the Joplin (Mo.) Globe: Missouri and Eastern Oklahoma; Rob Collins, editor of the Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle: Western Oklahoma; Chip Minemyer, editor of the Tribune-Democrat (Pa.): Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio; David Joyner, editor of the Eagle-Tribune (Mass.): Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York; Damon Cain, editor of the Register-Herald 66 |
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(W.Va.): West Virginia; Nathan Payne, editor of the Traverse City (Mich.) RecordEagle: Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa; and Susan Duncan, editor of the News and Tribune (Ind.): Kentucky and Tennessee. Kim Murphy has been named enterprise editor at the New York Times national desk. Most recently, Murphy worked at the Los Angeles Times as an assistant managing editor for national and foreign news. She previously served as a correspondent before taking on a national editor role. She began her newspaper career at The North Biloxian in Mississippi and the Minot (N.D.) Daily News. Boyd Matheson has been named opinion editor and head of strategic reach for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, Utah. Matheson formerly worked as the chief of staff for Sen. Mike Lee and as the head for the Sutherland Institute in Salt Lake City. He replaces former opinion editor Hal Boyd.
Prisco Digital has announced two regional level appointments. Clay Mizelle will now manage all digital activities in the Ohio Valley/Southeast Regions. Prior to joining Prisco, Mizell worked at Scitex Vision before the acquisition by HP (now known as HP Scitex), and he spent 23 years with Kodak and Agfa in the commercial printing industry. Bill McCluskey is now managing all digital activities for the Central Sales Region. McCluskey’s responsibilities encompass the Midwest region and Southwest regions. McCluskey brings 25 years of experience and his past employers include HP, Ricoh, Canon and Kodak. Jim Morgan has retired as general manager of Colorado Mountain News Media. CMNM is the largest operating unit of Swift Communications. In his four-decade career, Morgan has edited and published newspapers in six states, and prior to joining Swift in 2003, he had been a long-time group executive and publisher with Boone Newspapers. Jeffry Couch has been named editor and general manager of the Bellville (Ill.) News-Democrat. Prior to his promotion, Couch led the News-Democrat newsroom for 14 years. He succeeds Jay Tebbe. Couch’s career at the News-Democrat began in 2004 as an executive editor. Prior to that, he was the managing editor of the Sun News in Myrtle Beach, S.C. for four years, and
Kathleen Diamantakis has been named managing director of strategy at T Brand, which is owned by the New York Times Co. Her responsibilities will include the T Brand Studio, the experience designs agency Fake Love and the influence marketing agency HelloSociety. Diamantakis was previously the chief strategy development officer at Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal, an advertising company, since 2017. Prior to that, she served as co-chief strategy officer and executive director of brand strategy. Before joining Kirshenbaum, Diamantakis spent seven years at Ogilvy & Maher.
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