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Tribune Names New Publisher at the Baltimore
Sun
Veteran Publisher Rondra J. Matthews
of Daily Press to Assume Post
CHICAGO,
September 12, 2006 -- Tribune
Publishing, a division of Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), today
announced that Rondra J. (Ronnie) Matthews has been named
president, publisher and chief executive officer of The
Baltimore Sun Company. Matthews has served as president,
publisher and chief executive officer of Daily Press, Inc.,
Newport News, Va., since July 2000.
Matthews will assume her new duties on October 1. Ernie
Gates, vice president/editor at the Daily Press, will serve
as acting publisher at the newspaper when Matthews takes
on her new position.
"Ronnie is a proven leader with a track
record of success as a publisher," said Bob Gremillion,
Tribune Publishing group vice president, and acting publisher
of The Sun. "In addition, she gained extensive hands-on
experience in managing large-scale newspaper operations during
20 years of service at the Orlando Sentinel -- I am confident
she’ll do a great job."
Matthews served as vice president/general manager of Orlando
Sentinel Communications from 1999 to 2000, capping a career
that started in the human resources department, and included
leadership positions in advertising, operations, business
development and planning.
"The Sun has a legacy of excellent journalism
and service to the community," said Matthews. "The
combination of a widely-read newspaper, its website, baltimoresun.com,
and an important family of community newspapers, makes The
Sun the definitive source for news that is locally relevant
and useful to readers -- information they can’t
find anywhere else. Baltimore is an exciting market and I
look forward to serving our print and online audiences, as
well as our advertisers and the community in creative new
ways."
A native of Inglewood, Calif., Matthews
holds a master’s
degree in business administration from Rollins College and
a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science from High
Point University.
Matthews serves on the boards of the Hampton Roads Economic
Development Alliance, the Hampton Roads Partnership, the
Virginia Air and Space Center and Greater Peninsula NOW.
She is past chair of the United Way of the Virginia Peninsula
board of directors and vice chair of WHRO Public Broadcasting
board of directors.
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