Cincinnati, Oh., USA - August 26, 2009, Cincinnati, Oh., USA - The E.W. Scripps Company, a media enterprise, unveiled the first in a series of organizational changes and establishing of an operating committee.
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The changes include the creation of an operating committee consisting of two new national positions with responsibility for sales and content, as well as four other positions with responsibility for operations, finance, information technology and human resources. The committee members include:
Bruce Hartmann, currently president and publisher of the News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tenn., will become vice president of sales (print and interactive) effective Sept. 1, 2009. Hartmann will have responsibility for all advertising and circulation revenue across the division, and all Scripps advertising and circulation sales directors will report to him.
Rusty Coats, currently vice president of interactive for the newspaper division, will assume responsibility for all content and marketing areas as well as interactive operations and strategic third-party relationships such as the company's relationship with Yahoo! and other national interactive brands. When he becomes vice president of content and marketing on Sept. 1, 2009, all Scripps editors, marketing leaders and interactive staff will report directly to Coats.
Frank Wolfe, currently director of operations, will become vice president of operations for the newspaper division and will have national responsibility for production and circulation operations. Each newspaper's production and circulation operations will report to Wolfe.
Robin Davis, the division's vice president of finance and administration, will continue in her role and will have all local and regional finance leaders report directly to her.
Jim York, director of information technology for the newspaper division, will become vice president of information technology and will be responsible for the standardization and rationalization of the IT function within the division. All local and regional newspaper IT leaders will report directly to ■