Cox Interactive Media Names New General Manager for Seattle Internet Studio.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1998-- Scott Bateman Scott Bateman is a left-leaning cartoonist currently residing in New York City (he moved there from Portland, Oregon in 2005). For a number of years, his political cartoons were syndicated by King Features Syndicate. to lead Seattle team Kevin Stephens to replace Bateman at ActiveDayton.com Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia), the most popular network of local sites on the Internet, announced today that it has named Scott Bateman, former city site manager of ActiveDayton.com (www.activedayton.com), as general manager of its Seattle Studio. In related news, CIMedia announced today that Kevin Stephens will join CIMedia as city site manager in Dayton. An industry veteran, Bateman spent 10 years at Cox Ohio Publishing as an editor and new media executive before joining Cox Interactive Media in 1996. Bateman was the creator and project manager for FASTBALL.com (www.fastball.com) CIMedia's award-winning baseball site. Subsequently, he led ActiveDayton.com to become one of CIMedia's most successful city sites. Bateman holds a B.S. in Journalism from Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University, at Bowling Green, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1910 as a normal school, opened 1914. It became a college in 1929, a university in 1935. . "Scott has emerged as a leading field manager, and his new responsibilities demonstrate that we are now building management bench-strength within the company," said Peter Winter, president of CIMedia. "His extensive experience will be a tremendous asset as he leads the 1999 launch of our new city site in Seattle." Kevin Stephens, who will join CIMedia as ActiveDayton.com city site manager, will replace Bateman in Dayton. A Dayton native, Stephens brings a wealth of communications and business management experience to CIMedia. Formerly with Reynolds and Reynolds in Dayton, Stephens most recently served as marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales manager for Reynolds' automotive division. In that capacity, he managed the division's marketing communications, including partnering with Microsoft to promote its Internet-based CarPoint automotive services. His previous positions also include marketing manager of Carlson Marketing Group and marketing services manager of Dayco Corporation. Stephens holds B.S. and B.A. degrees in Mass Communications and English from Miami University Miami University, main campus at Oxford, Ohio; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1809, opened 1824. The library has extensive collections in literature and American history, including the William Holmes McGuffey Library and Museum and the Edgar W. , and an M.B.A. from Wright State University. "Kevin is ideally qualified to manage our ActiveDayton.com site, because of his business management background and his unique hometown insight into the Dayton market," said Winter. ActiveDayton.com is produced in partnership with Cox-owned media properties Dayton Daily News The Dayton Daily News (DDN) is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio. It is owned by Cox Enterprises. On August 15, 1898, James M. Cox purchased the Dayton Evening News. , WHIO-TV, 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. and Springfield News-Sun The Springfield News-Sun is a daily newspaper published by Cox Enterprises, which also publishes the Dayton Daily News. Both newspapers contain similar editorial content, but tailor their local news coverage to the area served. . The Seattle city site will be produced in partnership with Cox-owned KIRO Channel 7. CIMedia operates the highest ranked network of local sites on the Internet and consumers of CIMedia's 20 city sites read more pages than any other local site network. To date, the CIMedia network includes 25 city and specialty sites (www.cimedia.com). CIMedia 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., and is headquartered in Atlanta. A leading media company, Cox Enterprises includes Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, direct mail marketing, book publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. ), Cox Broadcasting, Inc. (TV, spot sales, television production, research, publicly-traded Cox Radio, Inc.) and publicly traded 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. , Inc. (cable distribution, programming, broadband communications) in addition to Cox Interactive Media. The company also is the world's largest operator of automobile auctions through Manheim Auctions, providing financial services, government auctions, online services and price guides. |
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