New Media Announces Appointment of Two Independent Directors
September 19 2019 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
New Media Investment Group Inc. (“New Media” or the “Company”)
(NYSE: NEWM) announced today the appointment of Mayur Gupta and
Maria M. Miller as independent directors to the Company’s Board of
Directors (the “Board”), effective October 1, 2019.
“We are excited to welcome Mayur and Maria to our Board,” said
Mike Reed, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of New Media. “They
each bring diverse perspectives and digital experience to our
Board, which are extremely valuable to the Company’s management and
long-term strategy.”
Mr. Gupta is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Freshly, a
growing food-tech company. Prior to joining Freshly, Mr. Gupta led
digital initiatives at several companies, including as VP of Growth
and Marketing at Spotify, the media-services provider, and as
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of Healthgrades,
a healthcare scheduling platform. Mr. Gupta was the first Chief
Marketing Technologist at Kimberly-Clark, one of the largest global
consumer goods companies. In 2014, Mr. Gupta was recognized as one
of the “40 under 40” leading marketers in the industry by Brand
Innovators, was profiled by the Harvard Business Review and the
Economist as the model Chief Marketing Technologist, and also
received the CMO Programmatic Award by the CMO Club.
Ms. Miller has a more than 30-year career in innovative
marketing and digital communications, spanning the consumer
products, financial services, e-commerce, travel, hospitality and
cruise industries. Most recently, she served as Chief Marketing
Officer for Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line. Prior to that, Ms. Miller
served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Norwegian Cruise
Line from 2009-2015. Ms. Miller has also held various senior
marketing roles at several companies, including Dave and Buster’s,
Inc., Elance, Inc. (now Upwork), Avis Rent A Car, Inc. and American
Express. She began her career in brand management, spending a
combined seven years with the General Foods Corporation and The
Shulton Group.
About New Media Investment Group
Inc.
New Media supports small to mid-size communities by providing
locally-focused print and digital content to its consumers and
premier marketing and technology solutions to our small and medium
business partners. The Company is one of the largest publishers of
locally based print and online media in the United States as
measured by our 154 daily publications. As of June 30, 2019, New
Media operates in over 600 markets across 39 states reaching over
21 million people on a weekly basis and serves over 200,000
business customers.
For more information regarding New Media and to be added to our
email distribution list, please visit www.newmediainv.com.
Forward-Looking
Statements
Certain items in this press release may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not
limited to, statements regarding the expected benefits of the
program to the Company and customers. These statements are based on
management’s current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties. These and other risks and
uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from
those described in the forward-looking statements, many of which
are beyond our control. The Company can give no assurance that its
expectations will be attained. Accordingly, you should not place
undue reliance on any forward-looking statements contained in this
press release. For a discussion of some of the risks and important
factors that could cause actual results to differ from such
forward-looking statements, see the risks and other factors
detailed from time to time in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Furthermore, new risks and
uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for
the Company to predict or assess the impact of every factor that
may cause its actual results to differ from those contained in any
forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date of this press release. The Company expressly
disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or
revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to
reflect any change in the Company’s expectations with regard
thereto or change in events, conditions or circumstances on which
any statement is based.
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Ashley Higgins, Investor Relations ir@newmediainv.com (212)
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