In the end, Charles Foster Kane proved something of a rogue. I intend no such role for myself. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I see that the principle thing I have in common with him is girth.

But, to quote an infamous UPI story, "now you know."

-- dmc

Bit bucket ...

"This is Quark in Windows 3.1. It's in beta, so every time it crashes, I want you to clap."
-- Quark demo jockey, NEXPO (then known as ANPA/Tec) 1992.
"We had people clapping during demos. I'd never seen that before."
-- Demo jockey at booth across the aisle from Quark, ANPA/Tec 1992.

Top dogs: At the Boston Globe, Stephen Cahow has been named vice president of production; previously he was vice president of circulation. With the Globe or its subsidiaries for more than 30 years, Cahow replaces Michael Ide, who retired from the paper in May. ... Replacing Cahow is Chris Mayer, who started with the paper in the information technology department in 1984 and later was the department's director. ... At Knight Ridder Digital of San Jose, Sharon Mandell has been appointed to the newly created position of chief technology officer; previously Mandell was vice president of technology for Tribune Publishing and before that had been chief technology officer of Tribune Interactive. In an earlier life, Mandell had been the founder and owner of her own software company; she also worked for Computone and Dun & Bradstreet Software. ... At Media General of Richmond, Va., Charles Blackburn has been named director of new operations in the interactive media division, his second stint with the company. Blackburn joined Media General in 1994 and became vice president of marketing and business development for Media General Financial Services. He served as business development manager for the company's new media group before leaving to join a Richmond technology start-up. Blackburn has been a Media General consultant since last year. ...

Bye-bye, buyout: At the Newspaper Association of America of Vienna, Va., a number of people took early retirement over the last few months, availing themselves of a buyout offered to employees with at least 10 years' seniority. Among those who left the technology department are David Beck, director of media technology; Allen Cooley, environmental services technician; 26-year NAA veteran Bruce Gold, pre-press technician, and Don Hensel, manager of environmental services. Departed from Presstime magazine are Editor Terry Poltrack, Art Director Charlene Gridley, Production Director Deb Stoken, Circulation Director Mary Nahan and Staff Writer Roz Truitt. ...

Vendor vitality: At Esko-Graphics of Belgium and Denmark, Kim Graven-Nielsen has been named president and chief executive; most recently Graven-Nielsen was with 2M Invest, a U.S. venture capital group. In an earlier life, he was group president and chief executive of Thomson Corp.'s trademark and copyright division for Scandinavia, Europe, Asia and the United States. Graven-Nielsen replaces William Schulin-Zeuthen, who had been head of Purup-Eskofot before its merger with Barco Graphics created Esko-Graphics. Schulin-Zeuthen had announced shortly after the merger that he believed an outsider should lead the combined company. ... At the Los Angeles Times Syndicate International, Pia Ingberg has been named to head up sales for Russia and Central and Eastern Europe. Ingberg, a company regional executive based in London, has been with the syndicate since 1994; her territory now takes in 25 countries. ... Mactive Inc. of Melbourne, Fla., has hired four software engineers. Dave Cassady has 23 years' experience in software engineering with companies such as General Electric, Harris, Northrop Grumman and Harris Controls. Mark McCoid most recently was with Media Command; previously he was with Geac Publishing Systems and Gazette Technologies. Julie Tran is a recent graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. Also recently graduated is Tony Vaughn, who comes to Mactive from the University of South Florida in Tampa. ... At X-Rite Inc. of Grandville, Mich., Joseph Pargola has been named manager of dealer development at the North American Imaging Business Unit. Most recently the vice president of sales for Shira, Pargola has been with Collabria and Scitex America. ...

Confabs: The Newspaper Association of America's (NAA) Connections 2002 -- held concurrently with the organization's Classified and Research conferences -- will be July 13-16 in Denver. Keynote speakers will include NAA Chairman William Dean Singleton, who is vice chairman and chief operating officer of MediaNews Group of Denver, and John Tuccillo, the former chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. The luncheon speaker will be Michael Kinsley, the founder of Slate.com. Session topics will include "Managing Multimedia Assets," "Advertiser Perspectives on Interactive Marketing" and "The Fee vs. Free Debate." For more information, call (703) 902-1782 or e-mail reeda@naa.org. ... #

From THE COLE PAPERS, June 2002
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