Los Angeles Times Names David P. Murphy Executive Vice President and General Manager

Los Angeles Times Names David P. Murphy Executive Vice President
and General Manager 


LOS ANGELES, April 1  /PRNewswire/ -- David P. Murphy will become Executive
Vice President and General Manager of the Los Angeles Times, effective June 1.
He will be responsible for advertising, circulation, consumer marketing,
operations and technology.

Murphy succeeds Jeffrey M. Johnson, Times Executive Vice President and General
Manager, who will become President, Publisher and CEO of The Times on June 1.

"Dave is an exceptional newspaper executive and a great addition to our senior
management team," said Johnson.  "During his 28 years at Tribune Company, he
has demonstrated a proven ability to drive results through strong teams and
great customer solutions.  More recently, he was instrumental in building
Tribune's national advertising sales network.  Dave has worked closely with the
Times advertising group for many years and we're delighted that he's joining
the paper."

"This is an opportunity of a lifetime and I look forward to my new role as the
Los Angeles Times aggressively grows its business," said Murphy.  "Many
talented people in all parts of the organization play an important role in
providing the newspaper's quality content and advertiser value each day.
Together, we will continue that commitment to readers and advertisers in
Southern California."

Most recently, Murphy, 51, has been President of Tribune Media Net and Vice
President of Advertising for Tribune Publishing Company since 2000.  From 1999
to 2000, he served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales for the Chicago
Tribune, with overall responsibility for marketing and sales to both consumers
and advertisers.

Previously, Murphy served as Chicago Tribune Vice President of Consumer
Marketing and Sales from 1996 to 1999.  In that position, he oversaw the
development and execution of consumer marketing strategies for the newspapers.
He was Director of Advertising Sales from 1995 to 1996, with responsibility for
all major advertising divisions of the newspaper.

Murphy joined the Chicago Tribune in 1977 and held various positions, including
retail advertising director, retail and automotive division manager and display
telemarketing manager.  He received the 1993 Tribune Management Award for
leading the team that created Tribune Company's first multi-million dollar,
cross-media advertising package for a leading national retailer.

Murphy earned a bachelor's degree in advertising from the University of
Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.  He attended Northwestern University's Kellogg
Advanced Executive Program in 1994 and Harvard Business School's Strategic
Marketing Management Program in 1998.

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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