HOEFT TO DIRECT PAPERS' WEB SITES.Byline: Daily News WOODLAND HILLS - John Hoeft has been named vice president, interactive 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. , effective immediately. The appointment was announced by LANG Senior Vice President of Advertising and Marketing Tracy Rafter. Hoeft will oversee revenue, product development and content publishing for each of the eight LANG Web sites including dailynews.com, sgvtribune.com, presstelegram.com, pasadenastarnews.com, whittierdailynews.com, sbsun.com, dailybulletin.com and redlandsdailyfacts.com, as well as the group's business-to-business Web site, langnews.com. ``This promotion recognizes John's valuable contribution to our interactive growth and strength throughout Media News Group,'' said Rafter. ``I am confident his online expertise, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and staff development abilities will help bring us to the next level of expansion in a rapidly growing Internet market.'' Hoeft will relocate from Denver, where he has been the business development manager for MediaNews Group Not to be confused with Media General, an unrelated newspaper and TV group. MediaNews Group, based in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest newspaper companies in the United States. Interactive since September 2002. In that capacity he was instrumental in identifying online revenue opportunities across all MNG MNG Multiple-image Network Graphics (PNG-like image format supporting multiple images, animation and transparency) MNG Mongolia (ISO Country code) MNG Multinodular Goiter MNG Meet 'n Greet properties. Previously, he was online sales manager for The Denver Post and the Denver Newspaper Agency and was a new media sales representative for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. Hoeft is a University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. graduate and holds a degree in journalism. The Los Angeles Newspaper Group, owned by the MediaNews Group Inc. of Denver, consists of eight daily papers that include the Daily News, 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
LANG has a combined circulation of 517,672 daily and 577,772 Sunday, forming the nation's eighth-largest daily and 17th-largest Sunday newspaper. In addition, the group publishes 27 nondailies with a combined circulation of 571,000 and co-owns the California Independent Postal Service, the largest independent door-to-door delivery service in the United States. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: HOEFT |
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