Brian C. Kokes Named Los Angeles Times Director, National Advertising

Brian C. Kokes Named Los Angeles Times Director, National
Advertising 


LOS ANGELES, March 24  /PRNewswire/ -- Brian C. Kokes has been named director,
national advertising at the Los Angeles Times.  He will be responsible for all
aspects of national advertising planning and sales, reporting to Todd
Brownrout, senior vice president, advertising at The Times.

Kokes has been a senior advertising executive for more than 16 years with
extensive experience in sales and marketing in the newspaper industry.  Most
recently, he was national advertising director at the San Francisco Chronicle
since 2003. He joined the newspaper in 2000 as national advertising manager.

"I am delighted to have Brian join the Los Angeles Times advertising team,"
said Brownrout.  "I am convinced that both our customers and national
advertising staff will enjoy working with him."

Kokes began his career in newspaper advertising sales in 1989 at The Sacramento
Bee as account manager.  In 1993, he joined The Fresno Bee and rose through the
ranks from local retail territory manager to major national accounts sales
manager.  In 1998, he was named major accounts sales manager at the Contra
Costa Newspapers and was promoted to retail advertising manager at the Contra
Costa Newspapers in 1999.

Kokes earned a B.S. degree in history and journalism from the University of
Oregon.

The Los Angeles Times, a Tribune Publishing company, is the largest
metropolitan daily newspaper in the country and the winner of 35 Pulitzer
Prizes, including five in 2004 -- the second-largest yearly total in the
history of the awards.  The Times publishes five daily regional editions
including the Los Angeles metropolitan area, Orange and Ventura counties, the
San Fernando Valley, and an Inland Empire edition covering Riverside and San
Bernardino counties as well as a National edition.  Additional information
about The Times is available at http://www.latimes.com/mediacenter. 

DATASOURCE: Los Angeles Times



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