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Products and Content
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Development
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Carmela Makabali, Director, Content Systems
Julia Rhi, Director, Product Development
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Harris Beringer; Dave Marmon; Deniz Ercelebi
Information Technology
Brian F. Hanley, Chief Information Officer
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Table of Contents
The Front Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
User's Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix
News Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Calendar Services
Feature Syndicates
Newspaper Chains
News Wires
Online Services
Washington News Bureaus
Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Daily Newspapers
Ethnic Newspapers
Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
All-News Channels
Cable Networks and Programs
Radio Networks and Programs
Television Networks and Programs
News Bureaus for Radio and
Television Stations
Television Production Companies
Television Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Television Stations and Programs
Radio Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Radio Stations and Programs
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Independently Produced Programs
Syndicated Programs
Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
Association Magazines
Consumer Magazines
Government Magazines
Newsletters
Trade Magazines
Trade Newspapers
Weekly Newspapers
Non-U.S. Media (By Country) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831
Non-U.S. Media
Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861
Magazine Publishers
Multiple-Newsletter Publishers
Biographical Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883
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Assignment Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897
Washington-Based Regional Assignment Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975
Online Media Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977
Program Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979
Periodical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987
Geographical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991
Name Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003
Media Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1077
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The Front
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By Laura Gibbons
Team Leader & Senior Content Manager, News Media Yellow Book
February 22, 2012
The Winter 2012 edition of the News Media Yellow Book provides access to journalists holding over
39,000 positions at the leading news media organizations. Coverage includes 1,894 national media
organizations, featuring 59 news services, 211 newspapers, 93 networks, 179 television stations, 208 radio
stations, 46 programs, 720 periodicals, 160 non-U.S. media outlets, 68 publishers, and 150 independent
journalists and columnists. Coverage also includes e-mail addresses for over 20,000 journalists.
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The Spring 2012 edition of the News Media Yellow Book provides access to journalists holding over 39,000
positions at the leading news media organizations. Coverage includes 1,953 national media organizations,
featuring 58 news services, 189 newspapers, 96 networks, 183 television stations, 213 radio stations, 46
programs, 755 periodicals, 171 non-U.S. media outlets, 79 publishers, and 163 independent journalists and
columnists. Coverage also includes e-mail addresses for over 20,000 journalists.
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(212) 627-4140.
Key Personnel Changes
The following are some of the more important changes that have taken place since the Winter 2012 edition
of the News Media Yellow Book:
News Services
At the Associated Press, Thomas Curley announced he would be stepping down in 2012 as President and
Chief Executive Officer. Randy Picht was named Midwest Bureau Chief, a territory that includes oversight of Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
At the Washington Bureau for Bloomberg News, Cesca Antonelli replaced Michael Tackett as Bureau
Chief. Michael Tackett is now Managing Editor, Government, overseeing political coverage. Al Hunt,
previously Washington Executive Editor, was named Washington Editor and will oversee coverage of U.S.
elections. Susan Goldberg succeeded him as Executive Editor.
At Thomson Reuters, Alwyn Scott, previously Managing Editor, Puget Sound Business Journal,
was named Financial Editor for the Americas. Ron Grover, previously Los Angeles Bureau Chief for
Bloomberg BusinessWeek, was named Los Angeles Bureau Chief.
Newspapers
Chris Dinsmore, previously Business Editor, The Virginian-Pilot, was named Business and Health Editor
at The Baltimore Sun.
At The Colorado Spring Gazette, Carmen Boles, previously Director of Interactive Content and
Audience Development, was named Director of Content, replacing Jeff Thomas who had been Editor.
Colin Myler, previously Editor, The News of the World, replaced Kevin Convey as Editor in Chief at
The Daily News in New York.
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At the Deseret News, Chris Lee, previously Vice President of Digital Content, was named Publisher.
Paul Edwards, the Editorial Page Editor, was named Editor and continues as the Editorial Page Editor.
Richard D. Hall, previously Managing Editor, was named Utah Edition Editor.
At the Denver Post, Linda Shapley was named Director of Newsroom Operations, replacing Jeanette
Chavez who recently left the paper. Kristi Arellano was named Business Editor.
At the Los Angeles Times, Davan Maharaj, previously Managing Editor, replaced Russ Stanton as
Editor. Drex Heikes was named Environment Editor. Geoff Mohan, previously Environment Editor, was
named State Business Editor. Tina Susman, previously Reporter, replaced Geraldine Baum as New York
Bureau Chief.
At The New York Times, Bill Hamilton, previously Deputy Managing Editor, Enterprise, Politico, was
named National Security Editor. Marc Lacey was named Deputy Foreign Editor.
Nels Jensen replaced Maria De Varenne as Vice President, News and Editor at The Press-Enterprise.
Martin Gottlieb, previously Global Editions Editor, The New York Times, was named Editor at The
Record.
Nora Lopez was named Metro Editor at San Antonio Express-News. She replaced Jamie Stockwell
who is now Managing Editor.
Maria De Varenne, previously Vice President, News and Editor, The Press-Enterprise, replaced Mark
Silverman as Executive Editor and Vice President, News at The Tennessean.
At USA Today, John Hillkirk, previously Editor, was named Senior Editor, Investigative Journalism and
National Enterprise Reporting. Lee Horwich was named Deputy Content Editor, overseeing federal,
economics and political coverage. Paul Singer, previously Associate Editor, Roll Call, was named
Political Editor.
At The Wall Street Journal, Raju Narisetti, previously Managing Editor, The Washington Post, was
named Deputy Managing Editor and Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network.
Paul Bedard, previously the Washington Whispers Writer at U.S. News & World Report, was named a
Columnist at The Washington DC Examiner.
Networks
At BBC, Dick Meyer, former Executive Editor, NPR, was named Executive Producer, BBC News,
America.
Dan Arnall was named Executive Producer, News at Bloomberg Television.
At Bravo Network, David Brewer was named Vice President, Program Strategy and Acquisitions.
Deirdre Bianchi was named Vice President, Program Planning and Acquisitions.
At CNBC, Jim Ackerman, former Senior Vice President, Development and Production, VH1, was named
Senior Vice President, Primetime Alternative Programming.
At CNN, Rebecca Kutler was named Executive Producer, John King, USA. Michelle Jaconi was
named Executive Producer, Cross Platform Programming Unit. Amy Entelis was named Senior Vice
President, Talent and Content Development, CNN Worldwide. Janelle Rodriguez, former Director of
Programming, was named Vice President of Programming.
At Discovery Networks, Lisa Erspamer left her position as Executive Vice President, Production and
Development, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.
At ESPN, Inc., John Wildhack, former Executive Vice President, Programming Acquisitions and
Strategy, was named Executive Vice President, Production. Norby Williamson, former Executive Vice
President, Production, was named Executive Vice President, Programming and Acquisitons.
Adam Stotsky was named General Manager at G4 TV. Neal Tiles left his position as President.
Mark Loomis was named Senior Vice President, Production at MLB Network.
At Oxygen Media, Rod Aissa, former Senior Vice President, Programming and Development,
Primetime, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, was named Senior Vice President, Original
Programming and Development.
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Networks - continued
Maria Lopez Alvarez was named Senior Vice President, Alternative Programming at Telemundo.
Angel Annussek, former Executive Producer and Editorial Director, was named Vice President,
Original Programming at truTV.
Television Stations
Robin Whitmeyer was named Vice President and News Director at KDFW-TV, filling a vacancy.
Kevin Keeshan left his position as News Director at KGO-TV.
Rick Jacobs, former Assistant News Director, was named Executive News Director at KGW-TV, filling
a vacancy.
Carolyn Mungo was named Executive News Director at WFAA-TV.
Phyllis Schwartz replaced Carol Fowler as Vice President and News Director at WFLD-TV.
John LaPorte was named Vice President of News at WITI-TV.
Tom Davis, former Assistant News Director, was named Vice President and News Director at
WPVI-TV, filling a vacancy.
Mike Dreaden, former Managing Editor, replaced Marian Pittman as News Director at WSB-TV.
Marian Pittman was named Station Manager.
Dennis Bianchi was named Vice President and General Manager at WTXF-TV, filling a vacancy.
Mark Burdett replaced Allan Horlick as President and General Manager at WUSA-TV.
Periodicals
Laurie D. Borman was named Publisher and Editor at American Libraries.
Jay Harris was named Publisher at The American Prospect.
Kassie Means was named Publisher and Chief Revenue Officer at Country Living.
Kevin Martinez was named Vice President and Publisher at Details.
Michelle Lee left her position as Editor-in-Chief of In Touch Weekly, creating a vacancy.
Peter Medwid, former Vice President and Publisher, Sunset and Coastal Living, was named Senior Vice
President and Publisher at Martha Stewart Living.
Michael De Medeiros was named Editor-in-Chief at Men’s Fitness.
Sabine Feldmann was named Publisher at More, filling a vacancy.
Jeff Tkach was named Publisher at Organic Gardening.
Sally Preston was named Publisher at Real Simple, filling a vacancy.
Rebecca T. Miller was named Editor-in-Chief at School Library Journal, filling a vacancy.
Kitty Morgan was named Editor-in-Chief at Sunset.
Jason Wagenheim replaced Sabine Feldmann as Vice President and Publisher at Teen Vogue.
Christina Cranley was named Senior Vice President and Publisher at Whole Living.
Susan Spencer, former Executive Editor, All You, was named Editor-in-Chief at Woman’s Day,
replacing Elizabeth Mayhew.
Publishers
Bob Benz was named President, Content at Hanley Wood, LLC.
David Kieselstein was named Chief Executive Officer at Penton Media, Inc.
As always, the editors of the News Media Yellow Book extend our sincere thanks to the hundreds of
contacts who have consistently taken time out of their busy schedules to provide us with accurate
and timely information, enabling the News Media Yellow Book to remain as current as possible.
We always welcome your comments and suggestions on improving the News Media Yellow Book.
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User’s Guide
The News Media Yellow Book is designed to help you access the information you need quickly and
accurately. The directory is divided by media type into 10 sections (News Services, Newspapers,
Networks, Television Stations, Radio Stations, Programs, Periodicals, Non-U.S. Media, Publishers,
and Biographical Appendix) in which organizations are listed alphabetically by their official name.
Many listings will follow the structure and contain the same features as the sample shown below.
Some will differ, however, based on media type.
1 The General Information section begins
with the organization’s official name, as well
as the name of the organization’s owner. This
is followed by the organization’s physical and
mailing address, telephone and fax numbers,
e-mail and Internet addresses. Bulleted
information providing specific details such as
the organization’s editorial content, circulation
figures, editorial deadline, and lead time may
also appear, as well as a listing of the different
types of media outlets that are owned or
affiliated with the main media organization.
2 The Chief Editorial Officer section contains
a photograph of the organization’s chief
editorial officer, with his or her full name,
exact title, and educational background, and
career.
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3 The News Executives section lists the top
executives of the organization hierarchically.
Officers with the same title are listed
alphabetically. This section features the
officer’s name and exact title, including
functional area. Direct-dial telephone number,
fax number, e-mail address and educational
background are also listed, when available.
4 The Administrative Services section lists
managers of the departments of circulation,
information systems, libraries and
information centers, public relations, and
recruitment. Information includes the
manager’s full name, title, direct-dial
telephone number, and e-mail address.
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5 The Headings listed under the News
Executives section include departments,
news desks, bureaus and sections whose staff
report directly to the individuals listed in
the News Executives section. Features here
include the address (if different from that
of the headquarters) and the main telephone
and fax numbers for the department.
Individuals are listed with their exact titles,
direct-dial telephone numbers, fax numbers,
e-mail addresses and educational background.
Bulleted data describing the specific function
of the department may also appear.
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Specific Features of the News Media Yellow Book
The following features are specific to particular sections of the directory:
Programs produced by a specific network, television station or radio station are listed at the end
of the appropriate organization, following all department and bureau information. The Programs
section of the directory lists independently produced as well as syndicated programs.
The Non-U.S. Media section lists all U.S. bureaus that produce editorial information for that
media organization as well as the non-U.S. headquarters information of the listed organization.
The Publishers section lists publishers of newspapers, periodicals, and newsletters
along with the publications that the organization publishes and contact information of
editorial executives at the organization.
The Biographical Appendix listings appear alphabetically by the individual’s last name, followed by
the physical address, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. Also included
is specific information about the individual’s column (name of column, syndicator, format,
frequency, length, subject), as well as the journalist’s current media affiliations, educational background, books written, and career background.
Indexes
The News Media Yellow Book contains the following indexes:
왘Assignment
Index
Lists personnel alphabetically under the subject they cover. Individuals are listed along with their
titles, organization they work for, telephone numbers and page number(s).
왘Washington-Based
Regional Assignment Index
Lists editors and reporters based in Washington, DC, who cover news pertaining to particular
regions of the country. This index contains the person’s name, title, organization, telephone
number and page number.
왘Online
Media Index
Lists the online media sites of major media organizations.
왘Program
Index
Lists programs alphabetically by subject and format. The name of the program is followed by
its producer (if it is not independently produced or syndicated) and its page number.
왘Periodical
Index
Lists consumer, trade, and association magazines alphabetically by subject.
왘Geographical
Index
Lists all media organizations by state and within each state by city. Non-U.S. media organizations
are listed at the end of the index by country and within each country by city. Organizations with a
main entry in the directory appear in bold type.
왘Name
Index
Lists the names of all individuals in the directory alphabetically along with their page number(s).
왘Media
Index
Lists the names and page number(s) of all media organizations that appear in the directory.
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