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Ron Smith previously served as publisher of the Washington (Ind.) Times-Herald for the past 11 years.
Ron Wallace has been publisher since 2004, overseeing the newspaper operations of the Daily Commercial, the South Lake Press and the free distribution Commercial Press.
Tom Bodkin previously held the position of assistant managing editor.
In his new role, Douglas Wilks will oversee an integrated newsroom that feeds the Deseret News, DeseretNews.com, KSL Television, KSL.com and KSL NewsRadio.
Rebekah L. Sanders previously covered economic development, the Phoenix Coyotes bankruptcy, military affairs and city government.
When Ed Shannon's last column publishes Dec. 30, he will have written 1,410 columns.
Mark Kortekaas most recently served with the BBC as general manager of its online technology group.
The new members are reporters, editors and journalism entrepreneurs in 28 countries on five continents.
The appointments include Chris Lee as publisher, Paul Edwards as editor and Rick Hall as the Utah edition editor.
John Bridges previously served as the paper's senior editor for local and state news.
John Londono previously served as chief technology officer with GreenLink Networks, and Karin Annus comes from Thomson Reuters, where she was executive producer of its Reuters Insider multimedia platform for business professionals.
Martin (Marty) Gottlieb previously served as the global editions editor of The New York Times, overseeing the editorial operations of the Paris- and Hong Kong-based International Herald Tribune.
Brian Braiker most recently served as a news editor at Adweek.
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