Nancy Green Will Head Lee Enterprises Circulation Operations in St. Louis; David Braton Advances to Publisher in Waterloo
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Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), publishing executive Nancy L.
Green has been appointed vice president of circulation for Lee St. Louis
and president of STL Distribution Services.
David Braton will succeed her as publisher of The Courier in
Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Green, who also served as Lee’s vice president –
circulation since 2002, will oversee all Lee circulation operations in
St. Louis, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Suburban
Journals of Greater St. Louis. The Post-Dispatch has circulation
of 265,000 daily and 420,000 Sunday. The Suburban Journals network of 31
weekly newspapers and other publications has distribution of more than
one million copies a week.
"Nancy is one of the sharpest circulation
experts in the industry,” said Kevin Mowbray,
Lee vice president – publishing and publisher
of the Post-Dispatch. "She has spent a
lot of time here over the last two years giving us good guidance, and we’re
thrilled that she’s joining us as a full-time
member of our team.”
Mary Junck, chairman and chief executive officer, said: "Nancy
has been extraordinary as Lee’s vice
president – circulation. Lee’s
circulation performance has outpaced the industry, and Nancy has led the
way for us. She has been innovative and energetic, and I am grateful to
her leadership. Since 2004, she’s been an
excellent publisher of The Courier, as well.”
Green has been publisher in Waterloo since 2004. Before joining Lee in
2000, she was a vice president in the University System of Georgia. She
was vice president for advancement at Clayton State University and vice
president for communications at Georgia G.L.O.B.E., the online learning
initiative at the 34 institutions in the system. Previously, she was
assistant to the president of the newspaper division of the Gannett Co.,
Inc. She was publisher of two Gannett newspapers, the Springfield
(Mo.) News-Leader and the Palladium-Item in Richmond, Ind.
Before joining Gannett, she was general manager of student media at the
University of Texas at Austin and the University of Kentucky. She
received BA and MA degrees in journalism from the University of Kentucky
and Ball State University and a doctorate from Nova Southeastern
University in 2003. She is a member of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of
Fame and the Ball State University Journalism Hall of Fame.
She is president of the Newspaper Association of America’s
Circulation Federation, and a member of the NAA Postal Committee and
Marketing Advisory Committee and the Audit Bureau of Circulations/NAA
Liaison Committee. She is a board member of the Cedar Valley United Way,
Greater Cedar Valley Alliance, Great Cedar Valley Chamber of Commerce,
Waterloo Industrial Development Association, Waterloo Rotary Club and
Junior League of Waterloo/Cedar Falls.
"I’ve loved being
in Waterloo, and I’m sad to be leaving my
many friends and colleagues, but I’m excited
by this opportunity to work with all the great people in St. Louis,”
Green said. "Also, St. Louis has always been
one of my favorite cities, and I have family there, too.”
In succeeding Green as publisher of The Courier, Braton advances
from advertising director, a position he has held since 2004. He joined
Lee in 1999 as director of sales at The Bismarck Tribune, and in
2003 became general manager of the Beatrice (Neb.) Daily Sun.
Before joining Lee, he was a stockholder and director of publications
for Davon Press Inc. From 1973 to 1993 he held advertising and
management positions at The Forum in Fargo, N.D., serving six years as
general manager. He has served on numerous civic and community boards
throughout his career. His current involvements include the
Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony Board, board of directors of Hawkeye
Chapter of the American Red Cross, United Way Community Board and member
of Waterloo Rotary Club.
Braton has a degree in communications and marketing from Minnesota State
University. He and his wife, Cheryl, have three grown children.
Greg Veon, Lee vice president – publishing,
said the publisher opening normally would have been posted but there was
no need for an internal and external search. "It
was clear that David is a natural fit. He has helped Nancy and the team
at The Courier engineer an impressive and ongoing series of
successes, and he’s widely respected for his
contributions in the community, as well. This promotion is exceedingly
well deserved.”
Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) is a premier publisher of local news,
information and advertising in primarily midsize markets, with 50 daily
newspapers and a joint interest in five others, rapidly growing online
sites and more than 300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications in
23 states. Lee’s newspapers have circulation
of 1.6 million daily and 1.9 million Sunday, reaching more than four
million readers daily. Lee’s online sites
attract 12 million unique visitors monthly, and Lee’s
weekly publications have distribution of more than 4.5 million
households. Lee’s other newspaper markets
include St. Louis, Mo.; Lincoln, Neb.; Madison, Wis.; Davenport, Iowa;
Billings, Mont.; Bloomington, Ill.; and Tucson, Ariz. For more
information about Lee, please visit www.lee.net.
