Part of an extremely sporadic, very occasional-at-best series about Gannett executives who might soon be in the news. Or not.
Rudd Davis
Title: Founder and CEO, BNQT Media Group of Los Angeles
About: Launched in 2004, this USA Today subsidiary "is a publishing platform that gives action sports enthusiasts, professional or otherwise, the tools to create their own multimedia website,'' according to Davis' LinkedIn profile. USAT bought BNQT in January 2008
His educational background: Bard College, 1999-2003
Susan Motiff
Title: USA Today group controller since January 2009; she first joined Gannett in 1994
About: a controller supervises the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization
Her educational background: James Madison University College of Business, 1990-1994
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Rudd Davis
Title: Founder and CEO, BNQT Media Group of Los Angeles
About: Launched in 2004, this USA Today subsidiary "is a publishing platform that gives action sports enthusiasts, professional or otherwise, the tools to create their own multimedia website,'' according to Davis' LinkedIn profile. USAT bought BNQT in January 2008
His educational background: Bard College, 1999-2003
Susan Motiff
Title: USA Today group controller since January 2009; she first joined Gannett in 1994
About: a controller supervises the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization
Her educational background: James Madison University College of Business, 1990-1994
Earlier: New feature! Puzzling spotlight on random exec
Know a Gannett executive kinda-sorta worth knowing? Please post your replies in the comments section, below. To e-mail confidentially, write jimhopkins[at]gmail[dot-com]; see Tipsters Anonymous Policy in the rail, upper right.
Rudd is a surfer dude. He does actually run BNQT. Some other guy named Russ Shuffleberger actually claims to run BnQT. Btw, BNQT will do a paltry $2 million in revenue in 2010. Like all USA Today failures, this one will go down along with Fantasy Sports and Sherman Travel!
ReplyDeleteSusan Motiff rocks! Without her, Myron and Dave would be screwed.
USAT bought BNQT because the paper was just about to launch Open Air Magazine (remember that?) and wanted some outdoor-sports cred.
ReplyDeleteOh, Pick me! Pick me!
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