Donna Wirtel Named National Advertising Director At San Francisco Newspaper Agency.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2000 Donna Wirtel, 35, has been named National Advertising Director at the San Francisco Newspaper Agency. The announcement was made by Bartley C. Green, Senior Vice President/Sales and Marketing, who said, "Donna's focus on increasing market share, her negotiating skills, and her expertise in developing strong client partnerships make her the ideal person to help lead our national department into the new millenium." Since March 1999, Wirtel has been Major Accounts Manager at the SFNA. Prior to coming to the SFNA, Wirtel was Retail Advertising Manager for the Sacramento Bee, a position she had held for more than two years. Wirtel began her career as an assistant account executive at DDB DDB - device independent bitmap Needham in Chicago. Upon relocating to California, Wirtel worked for the Contra Costa Newspaper Group, serving in various capacities, culminating as Major Accounts Manager. Born in Chicago, Wirtel graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Early years: 1867-1880 The Morrill Act of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding other scientific with a BA in Advertising from the College of Communications. She also completed the AAAA Program at Northwestern University. In addition to local community involvement, Wirtel is a member of several newspaper and advertising associations, including RAMA and CNAEA CNAEA California Newspaper Advertising Executives Association . Wirtel and her husband Steve reside in the East Bay with their two sons. The San Francisco Newspaper Agency is jointly owned by The Chronicle Publishing Company The Chronicle Publishing Company was a print and broadcast media corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California that was in operation from 1865 until 2000. Owned for the whole of its existence by the de Young family, it was most notable for owning the namesake and The Hearst Corporation. It is responsible for the non-editorial activities of The San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the and The San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a U.S. daily newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since the late 19th Century. History 19th century The beginning of the Examiner is a topic of some controversy. , including all printing, production, distribution and advertising functions. |
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