Cox Interactive Media Promotes Tim Williamson to General Manager of New Orleans Internet Studio.NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1999-- Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) announced today that Tim Williamson Reginald Garnet "Tim" Williamson (born 6 June 1884 in North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, died 1 August 1943) was a football player who made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough F.C., scoring two goals. has been promoted to general manager of its New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded studio. The announcement was made by Michael Q. Parker, group vice president of Cox Interactive Media. As general manager, Williamson will continue to lead InsideNewOrleans.com (www.insideneworleans.com) an interactive online community featuring a powerful local and national search engine, useful tools to manage and enhance everyday living, and immediate local news, entertainment and recreation content for New Orleans For New Orleans: A Benefit For The Musicians' Village Habitat For Humanity is an American benefit double-disc CD, with tracks from Minnesota artists, and national artists. residents. "Tim has an excellent track record of leading city sites at CIMedia, and we are delighted to recognize him for his ongoing contributions to our New Orleans studio," said Parker. "His hometown knowledge of the New Orleans market, coupled with his strong management skills, make him ideally suited to lead the New Orleans team." Formerly site manager of the New Orleans studio, Williamson was responsible for the launch of InsideNewOrleans.com in November 1998. Prior to that, he was site development manager for CIMedia's Pittsburgh studio, where he headed up the launch of RealPittsburgh.com, CIMedia's Pittsburgh city site. "Our site is all about the great people of New Orleans, and I look forward to sustaining InsideNewOrleans.com's success in bringing New Orleans' unique energy and attitude online," said Williamson. "We will continue to work closely with our numerous local and national partners -- including 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. , WDSU channel 6, @Home, Talk City, LookSmart, iVillage, Bottom Dollar, AutoConnect, REALTOR.com, and Thomson Investors Network -- to bring the best of the Internet to the people who call New Orleans home." Williamson has extensive background in developing and growing diversified multimedia marketing initiatives. Prior to joining CIMedia, he founded Auducom Productions, a consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that provided video marketing strategies for a variety of hospitality accounts and Fortune 500 companies. Williamson was instrumental in the development of the Atlanta-based Web site, Virtual Atlanta. He was also an integral part of the management team that built Infovision, a television and video marketing company that produced 10 infomercials and generated $1.3 million in revenue during its first year of business. A New Orleans native, Williamson holds a degree in finance from Tulane University History Founding/early history The University dates from 1834 as the Medical College of Louisiana.<ref name="facts" /> With the addition of a law department, it became The University of Louisiana . He is actively involved in Trinity Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization of New Orleans, and graduated from Isidore Newman School Isidore Newman School a private, nondenominational, co-educational college preparatory school located on an 11-acre campus in the Uptown section of New Orleans, Louisiana. The school offers comprehensive education for students in grades Pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. . InsideNewOrleans.com is part of a network of city sites owned by Cox Interactive Media. CIMedia was founded in 1996, 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. The Cox Interactive Media network includes 25 city sites and three specialty sites, BlackFamilies.com, FASTBALL.com and GreatOutdoors.com (www.cimedia.com). 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, Inc. (cable distribution, programming, broadband communications) in addition to Cox Interactive Media. The company is also 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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