Cox Interactive Media Promotes Michael Burns to Studio Manager for GoCarolinas.com.Business Editors CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2002 Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) announced today that Michael Burns has been promoted to studio manager of Charlotte city site GoCarolinas.com. The announcement came from Tom Bates Tom Bates (born February 9, 1938) is a California politician, currently serving as the Mayor of Berkeley, California. He is married to Loni Hancock, a former mayor of Berkeley who currently represents the 14th District in the California State Assembly. , CIMedia vice president of product and marketing. Burns was most recently senior producer for GoCarolinas.com, and has been instrumental in the city site's success since its launch in August 1997. He joined GoCarolinas.com as a sports producer before being promoted to senior producer in October 2000. In his new position, Burns will work closely with the Charlotte sales team to ensure that the site meets the needs of both local advertisers and consumers. He will also serve as the primary liaison between GoCarolinas.com and its media partners WSOC-TV, Action 64, STAR 104.7, KISS 95.1, WSOC WSOC Water-Soluble Organic Carbon WSOC Wideband SATCOM Operations Center (formerly DSCSOC) 103.7, V101.9 and Power 98. "Michael has been with GoCarolinas.com since its launch, and has played a pivotal role in steering the site's content development," said Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. . "He has also played a key role in forging strong relationships with local media partners and the Charlotte sales team. Michael's excellent leadership skills and in-depth understanding of GoCarolinas.com make him ideally suited to lead our Charlotte studio team." Prior to joining CIMedia in 1997, Burns worked at CompuServe as an editor for its former Wow! online service. Before that, he served in editing capacities for several newspapers, including assistant sports editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper for The Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. . He began his career as a reporter for United Press International. Burns holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio University Ohio University, main campus at Athens; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1804, opened 1809 as the first college in the Old Northwest. There are additional campuses at Chiillicothe, Lancaster, and Zanesville, as well as facilities throughout the state. . About GoCarolinas.com GoCarolinas.com (www.gocarolinas.com) is where Charlotte starts online. Produced by a local staff, the city site is the fastest, easiest way for locals to access what's happening in the area. GoCarolinas.com helps local residents manage their busy lives by letting them find what they need within close proximity of home or work - including free local e-mail; the largest directory of local web sites; a searchable directory of Charlotte restaurants; auto and real estate listings; local job listings; Charlotte-area movie show times and reviews; a searchable calendar of Charlotte events; local weather forecasts and radar; and 24-hour local news and stock quotes. About Cox Interactive Media Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) operates a network of 20 award-winning websites, including nine sites in the top 25 markets and 16 in the top 50. In addition, CIMedia offers local broadband programming in 10 markets for the Cox High Speed Internet service operated by 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. CIMedia sites are available to 33 percent of adult Internet users among the top 50 most populated U.S. markets and reach over 8 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. each month. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., CIMedia (www.cimedia.com) 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 with more than 100 TV stations, radio stations, and newspapers in the U.S. |
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