Friday, May 22, 2015

Meet the New President and COO of The San Diego Union-Tribune

RUSS NEWTON

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Russ Newton
  • President and Chief Operating Officer of The San Diego Union-Tribune
  • Started in newspapers in 1978 at the Wisconsin State Journal in advertising, then moved to the pressroom
  • Became a journey person press operator working at The Army Times
  • Started career with the Tribune Co. at the Chicago Tribune, working in the pressroom as a crew supervisor, training supervisor and shift supervisor
  • Pressroom manager, production manager at the Daily Press in Newport News, Va.
  • Packaging Manager at Orlando Sentinel
  • Vice President of Operations at Landoll’s Inc. a children’s publishing company
  • Joined The Times in 2000 as President of California Community News
  • Appointed Vice President of Operations at the Los Angeles Times in 2005, Senior Vice President in 2007, took on Home Delivery Operations in 2009
  • Named Senior Vice President at Tribune Publishing over all eight Tribune Newspapers in 2014
  • Named Publisher of Times Community Papers in 2015
  • Serves on the board of the International Newspaper Group
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:43 PM

    Hey ED is russ going to bring JW back to the San Diego Tribune ....?

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  2. Anonymous3:40 PM

    help the local community and hire from skid row for pressman jobs

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  3. Anonymous3:27 AM

    thier over qualified

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  4. Anonymous1:15 AM

    Russ never got past High School. Russ, it's they're unqualified.

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  5. Anonymous1:17 AM

    Taht's Russ' pic when he was a Mortician.

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