Hearst Newspapers Names David McCumber Editor of The Advocate & Greenwich Time & Editorial Director of Hearst's Connecticut News
April 20 2009 - 11:58AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Hearst Newspapers announced
today that David McCumber has been named editor of two of Hearst's
Connecticut newspapers, The Advocate of Stamford and the Greenwich
Time, as well as editorial director of its Connecticut Newspaper
Group. The announcement was made by Steven R. Swartz, president,
Hearst Newspapers, and Mark E. Aldam, senior vice president for
Hearst Newspapers. The appointment is effective April 27. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090420/NY01531 ) "David has
been a valuable member of the Hearst Newspapers team for the last
decade and we are excited to have his leadership at The Advocate
and Greenwich Time," Swartz said. "He will also bring a wealth of
editorial experience and journalistic vision to all our of
Connecticut papers." Additionally, McCumber will assist in
coordinating and editing investigative journalism across the
Newspaper Group, working with Phil Bronstein, editor-at-large for
both Hearst Newspapers and the San Francisco Chronicle, and
investigative reporters and editors at the other Hearst newspapers.
Most recently, McCumber was managing editor of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer. During his nine years in that position, he
worked to establish the newspaper's prize-winning investigative
team and strengthened the P-I in other areas, particularly local
reporting and photography. McCumber joined the P-I in 1999 as
senior editor for projects and has more than 30 years of experience
in journalism at more than 10 newspapers. He is a former executive
editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press and former Sunday editor,
city editor and assistant managing editor of the San Francisco
Examiner. McCumber was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 at
the Arizona Daily Star for a project he directed and helped to
write on abuses in defense procurement. He is the author of four
nonfiction books, most recently An Air That Kills, co-authored with
Andrew Schneider, based on a P-I series that revealed the asbestos
poisoning of a tiny town in Montana. Other books include: The
Cowboy Way: Seasons of a Montana Ranch; Playing off the Rail; and
X-Rated: The Mitchell Brothers. In addition to the The Advocate and
Greenwich Time, Hearst's Connecticut Newspaper Group includes two
additional dailies, the Connecticut Post in Bridgeport and The
News-Times in Danbury, and six weekly newspapers in Fairfield
County. The Connecticut Post, with roots that go back to 1883, is
southwestern Connecticut's largest circulation daily newspaper and
has been recognized with many honors, including the 2008 Newspaper
of the Year Award from the New England Newspaper Association.
Hearst Corporation (http://www.hearst.com/) is one of the nation's
largest diversified media companies. Its major interests include
ownership of 15 daily and 49 weekly newspapers, including the
Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Albany Times Union;
as well as interests in an additional 43 daily and 72 non-daily
newspapers owned by MediaNews Group, which include the Denver Post
and Salt Lake Tribune; nearly 200 magazines around the world,
including Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan and O, The Oprah
Magazine; 29 television stations through Hearst-Argyle Television
(NYSE:HTV) which reach a combined 18% of U.S. viewers; ownership in
leading cable networks, including Lifetime, A&E, History and
ESPN; as well as business publishing, including a minority joint
venture interest in Fitch Ratings; Internet businesses, television
production, newspaper features distribution and real estate.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090420/NY01531 DATASOURCE:
Hearst Newspapers CONTACT: Paul Luthringer, +1-212-649-2540, , or
Lisa K. Bagley, +1-212-649-2337, Web Site: http://www.hearst.com/
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