DAVENPORT, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 30, 2013--
Advertising executive Paul M. Farrell is returning to Lee Enterprises,
Incorporated (NYSE: LEE) as vice president - digital sales.
He rejoins Lee from Hearst Media Services, where he has been publisher
of the Connecticut Media Group since 2012.
“I’m thrilled for the opportunity to return to Lee,” he said. “I have
thoroughly enjoyed my time with Hearst, a wonderful company, but long
for a return to the Midwest and the terrific team at Lee.”
Mary Junck, Lee chairman and chief executive officer, said: “We’re
delighted to regain Paul’s creativity, energy and digital expertise. He
will help us put even more firepower behind our multitude of initiatives
to drive digital advertising revenue.”
Farrell, 56, led Lee sales and marketing for five years, beginning in
2007. He previously was senior vice president of advertising at The
Providence Journal Co. His 32-year career also includes serving as
advertising director for retail and national advertising at the Boston
Globe, senior vice president of advertising for Community Newspapers in
Boston and senior vice president of sales and marketing at the St. Paul
Pioneer Press. He also previously was director of sales and marketing at
Miami Herald Publishing Company and was director of product marketing
and advertising technologies at Atex, Inc., a division of Eastman Kodak,
in Bedford, MA.
He received a bachelor’s of science in marketing and finance from
Providence College and a master’s degree in business administration from
Northeastern University in Boston. He and his wife, Cathy, have two sons
and a daughter.
Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news and information, and
a major platform for advertising, in its markets, with 46 daily
newspapers and a joint interest in four others, rapidly growing digital
products and nearly 300 specialty publications in 22 states. Lee's
newspapers have circulation of 1.2 million daily and 1.4 million Sunday,
reaching nearly four million readers in print alone. Lee's websites and
mobile and tablet products attracted 21 million unique visitors in June
2013. Lee's markets include St. Louis, MO; Lincoln, NE; Madison, WI;
Davenport, IA; Billings, MT; Bloomington, IL; and Tucson, AZ. Lee Common
Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LEE. For
more information about Lee, please visit lee.net.
Source: Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises
Dan Hayes, 563-383-2163
Vice President,
Corporate Communications
dan.hayes@lee.net
