DAILY NEWS PARENT NAMES NET EXECUTIVE.Byline: Daily News WOODLAND HILLS - John Zappe has been named to the new position of vice president, new media, for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group The Los Angeles Newspaper Group is an umbrella group of local daily newspapers published in the greater Los Angeles area by MediaNews Group. The news coverage of the newspapers are mainly local stories. . The appointment was announced by LANG President and Chief Executive Officer Ike Massey. Zappe will be responsible for the development of a comprehensive Internet Web site, linking all nine LANG newspapers together, including dailynews.com. For the past two years, Zappe served as new media director for Belo Interactive at the Riverside Press Enterprise. Previously, Zappe was at the Long Beach Press-Telegram The Long Beach Press-Telegram is a major daily newspaper published in Long Beach, California. Tracing its history to 1897, it is currently published by the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. External links
Along with a postgraduate law degree from Syracuse University Syracuse University, main campus at Syracuse, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1871. Syracuse is noted for its research programs in government and industry; facilities include the Center for Science and Technology, the Newhouse Communications Center, and , Zappe has a B.A. degree in political science from Marist College Marist College is a private liberal arts college of 180 acres (72 ha), located on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York, on US 9. The site was established in 1905, and chartered in 1946. in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The Los Angeles Newspaper Group is composed of nine daily papers: The Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, Whittier Daily News, San Bernardino County Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts and Lompoc Record. The group has a combined circulation of 583,726 daily and 628,358 Sunday, forming the nation's seventh largest daily and 14th largest Sunday newspaper. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: ZAPPE |
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