John T. O'Loughlin Named Los Angeles Times Senior Vice President of Marketing, Planning and Development
July 13 2005 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
John T. O'Loughlin Named Los Angeles Times Senior Vice President of
Marketing, Planning and Development LOS ANGELES, July 13
/PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Times announced today that John T.
O'Loughlin has been named senior vice president, marketing,
planning and development, effective Aug. 1. O'Loughlin, 37, has
been general manager of the Chicago Tribune's RedEye edition since
its inception and launch in 2002 where he was responsible for the
publication's editorial, circulation, operations, sales, marketing
and financial functions. He will have a dual reporting relationship
to Times Publisher Jeff Johnson for planning and development and
also David Murphy, Times executive vice president and general
manager, for marketing. "John is an outstanding executive who
balances an understanding of the fundamentals of the newspaper
business with an ability to innovate and create new products and
solutions that meet the needs of both readers and advertisers,"
said Johnson. "I'm confident that he'll be a great addition to our
senior management team." From 2001 to 2002, O'Loughlin was
director, strategic marketing for Chicago Tribune Company, where he
was responsible for all strategic planning and general marketing
functions. In addition, he led the company's integrated marketing
efforts, including brand advertising and communications, ensuring
that all marketing initiatives (in print and online) were aligned
and supported the company's revenue and readership goals.
O'Loughlin joined the Chicago Tribune in 1990 as a circulation
management trainee and held numerous positions of increasing
responsibility, including circulation director, group sales and
marketing. After earning a bachelor of arts degree in American
studies in marketing and communication from the University of Notre
Dame in 1990, O'Loughlin received a master's degree in business
management from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate
School of Management in 1997. The Los Angeles Times, a Tribune
Publishing company, is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in
the country and the winner of 37 Pulitzer Prizes, including two
this year. 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 Los Angeles Times,
+1-213-237-3727, Web site: http://www.latimes.com/mediacenter
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