He replaces Brett Wilson, who resigned last October when he was named publisher of Sunday supplement Parade magazine. Wilson, in turn, had run USA Today's ad sales since June 2008.Jones was senior vice president, sales and marketing for all platforms of Newsday Media Group/Cablevision, according to Hunke's statement. He also held the post of senior vice president, national sales for print and digital with the Tribune Co., publisher of the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times.
The appointment came the same day that Hunke announced another round of one-week unpaid furloughs, and a "minimum" 90-day extension of a one-year wage freeze that began Feb. 1, 2009.
I wonder how this new SVP will feel about managing only print sales for a newspaper that has a declining circulation and poor prospects for growth. I have been with USA Today for over a deade now and I am surprised that Mr. Hunke did not choose some from outside of the newspaper industry to head up sales.
ReplyDeleteI thought Mr. Hunke came in a gave a speech about how we are "going to do things differently" and "bring in people who are not all cut from the same cloth". Mr. Hunke is looking more like Mr. Moon everyday.
Sounds like "Gordon Lee Jones III" already comes pre-wired as a pompous ass. Do you think he is related to Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island?