Los Angeles Times Names David P. Murphy Executive Vice President and General Manager
April 01 2005 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Los Angeles Times Names David P. Murphy Executive Vice President
and General Manager LOS ANGELES, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- David P.
Murphy will become Executive Vice President and General Manager of
the Los Angeles Times, effective June 1. He will be responsible for
advertising, circulation, consumer marketing, operations and
technology. Murphy succeeds Jeffrey M. Johnson, Times Executive
Vice President and General Manager, who will become President,
Publisher and CEO of The Times on June 1. "Dave is an exceptional
newspaper executive and a great addition to our senior management
team," said Johnson. "During his 28 years at Tribune Company, he
has demonstrated a proven ability to drive results through strong
teams and great customer solutions. More recently, he was
instrumental in building Tribune's national advertising sales
network. Dave has worked closely with the Times advertising group
for many years and we're delighted that he's joining the paper."
"This is an opportunity of a lifetime and I look forward to my new
role as the Los Angeles Times aggressively grows its business,"
said Murphy. "Many talented people in all parts of the organization
play an important role in providing the newspaper's quality content
and advertiser value each day. Together, we will continue that
commitment to readers and advertisers in Southern California." Most
recently, Murphy, 51, has been President of Tribune Media Net and
Vice President of Advertising for Tribune Publishing Company since
2000. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Vice President of Marketing
and Sales for the Chicago Tribune, with overall responsibility for
marketing and sales to both consumers and advertisers. Previously,
Murphy served as Chicago Tribune Vice President of Consumer
Marketing and Sales from 1996 to 1999. In that position, he oversaw
the development and execution of consumer marketing strategies for
the newspapers. He was Director of Advertising Sales from 1995 to
1996, with responsibility for all major advertising divisions of
the newspaper. Murphy joined the Chicago Tribune in 1977 and held
various positions, including retail advertising director, retail
and automotive division manager and display telemarketing manager.
He received the 1993 Tribune Management Award for leading the team
that created Tribune Company's first multi-million dollar,
cross-media advertising package for a leading national retailer.
Murphy earned a bachelor's degree in advertising from the
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He attended
Northwestern University's Kellogg Advanced Executive Program in
1994 and Harvard Business School's Strategic Marketing Management
Program in 1998. The Los Angeles Times, a Tribune Publishing
company, is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country
and the winner of 35 Pulitzer Prizes, including five in 2004 -- the
second-largest yearly total in the history of the awards. The Times
publishes five daily regional editions including the Los Angeles
metropolitan area, Orange and Ventura counties, the San Fernando
Valley, and an Inland Empire edition covering Riverside and San
Bernardino counties as well as a National edition. Additional
information about The Times is available at
http://www.latimes.com/mediacenter. DATASOURCE: Los Angeles Times
CONTACT: Martha Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times,
+1-213-237-3727, Web site: http://www.latimes.com/mediacenter
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