Media General appoints former Trib CEO to board

The Board of Directors of Media General, publisher of 21 daily newspapers, appointed Dennis J. FitzSimons, former Chairman, CEO and President of the Tribune Company, to the board Thursday. FitzSimons will be a member of the Audit Committee.

FitzSimons, who stepped down as Chairman, CEO and President of Tribune Company in December 2007 after a tenure of 25 years, completed the sale of the company to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Sam Zell before he left.

FitzSimons currently serves as Chairman and Director of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. He is a Trustee of Northwestern University, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago.

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Register parent names new CEO

The board of Freedom Communications Inc., parent company of the Orange County Register, named Burl Osborne as interim chief executive, Tuesday.

Osborne is replacing Scott Flanders, who is leaving Freedom Communications at the end of June for a similar position at Playboy Enterprises Inc..
Osborne has served as an independent director on Freedom’s board since May 2004. He also served as Associated Press chairman from 2002 to 2007, and Dallas Morning News publisher from 1986 to 2001.

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BizSense adds to their team

RichmondBizSense.com founder and editor, Aaron Kremer announced the addition of new writer, David Larter, to their staff today.
Larter, who will graduate from the University of Richmond in December, will cover some new beats for the Virginia-based Web site including local universities, health care, technology and nonprofits.
Larter is working full time for the site through the summer. In the fall, he will continue on as a stringer prior to graduation.
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Dow Jones adds financial journalists to global team

Dow Jones, parent company of The Wall Street Journal, announced the addition of two business journalists to their editorial staff for the Dow Jones Newswires this week.
Jamie Miyazaki, a former Tokyo Dow Jones Newswires correspondent, joins the Hong Kong team as a senior writer covering Asia.
Syndicated international loan market writer and former contributor to Loan Radar news service, Alessandro Pasetti, will also join the Dow Jones as a senior writer in their London office.
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Huff Post hires former biz editor

Former Washington Post business editor, Lawrence Roberts, was named as the head of a new Investigative Fund for the Huffington Post today.
The fund, which launched in March with an initial budget of $1.75 million, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit initiative with the goal of producing multimedia investigations.
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