Cox Interactive Media Names Carolyn Wheeler City Site Manager of Las Vegas Affiliate VegasValley.com.Business Editors LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2001 Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) announced today that Carolyn Wheeler has been named city site manager of its Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev., web site, VegasValley.com (www.vegasvalley.com). The announcement came from John Triplett, regional general manager. "Carolyn has an excellent understanding of the Las Vegas market, and brings diverse online and marketing expertise to our VegasValley.com team," said Triplett. "Her extensive leadership and solid business background will be a valuable asset to VegasValley.com as we strive to become the leading Las Vegas city site and by delivering useful, time-saving Internet programming to Las Vegas." Wheeler joined VegasValley.com in March 2001, heading up the launch of the revamped city site and its name change. With a solid marketing background, Wheeler previously served as marketing manager for GetThere.com, Las Vegas, a leading business-to-business online travel web site owned by Sabre Company. Prior to that, she was senior advertising and communications specialist for Sierra Insurance Group, Las Vegas, where she launched a workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. product in Nevada and prepared a comprehensive marketing and advertising plan for the company. Her previous experience also includes account supervisor and account executive positions for major advertising agencies including R&R Advertising, Las Vegas, the largest agency in Nevada; and Grey Advertising, Inc., Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Calif. Wheeler holds a B.A. in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . About VegasValley.com (www.vegasvalley.com) VegasValley.com, formerly AccessLasVegas.com launched March, 2001 is a locally produced city site that helps Las Vegas residents manage their busy lives by providing them online tools and features, such as free classifieds, job listings and a search engine containing the most comprehensive listing of local web sites in Las Vegas. VegasValley.com channels include - Traffic reports, local event calendars, Family, Health, Homes, Money, News, People & Chat, Recreation, Shopping, Sports, Technology, and Travel. Local community and special interest groups have the ability to build a free web site as part of this site. VegasValley.com is part of a network of city sites owned and operated by Cox Interactive Media and created in partnership with Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Cox High Speed Internet and Cox Digital Cable. About Cox Interactive Media Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) has built a network of local city sites in U.S. markets reaching 30 percent of the total adult population and 44 percent of adult Internet users. The network consists of 22 local sites in the top 50 U.S. markets. CIMedia (www.cimedia.com), headquartered in Atlanta, was launched in January 1997 and is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late , Inc. Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's leading media companies and operator of automobile auctions. In addition to CIMedia, major subsidiaries include Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, local and national direct mail advertising and customized newsletters); Cox Broadcasting, Inc., (TV, spot sales, television production, research and Cox Radio Cox Radio NYSE: CXR is a publicly traded company that holds a number of radio stations. Private company Cox Broadcasting, Inc., a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises owns all of the company's super-voting Class B common stock, and thus controls the company. , Inc. [NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CXR CXR abbr. chest x-ray CXR, n chest x-ray; an image of the thoracic cavity, produced by an irradiation scan of the upper torso. ]); Cox Communications, Inc. ([NYSE: COX] cable distribution, programming, telephone and high-speed Internet See broadband. access services); Manheim Auctions, Inc., which operates auto auctions in North America, Europe and Australia; Cox Enterprises also owns an equity stake in a range of Internet businesses, including AutoTrader.com, the world's largest source of used car listings for dealers and consumers. |
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