Los Angeles, Calif.--Digital First Media has promoted Jack Klunder, current group publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News, the Torrance Daily Breeze and the Long Beach Press-Telegram, to president of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group (LANG). Klunder replaces Fred Hamilton, who is leaving to pursue other interests.
Klunder was named publisher of the Daily News in 2009, following several previous key management assignments at both the Los Angeles Times and at LANG. From 1999 to 2005, he served as LANG’s vice president of circulation. In 2005, he was named the Time’s executive vice president of circulation and distribution, and in 2008 he was appointed president of the Times, with responsibility for advertising, circulation and operations.
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About Los Angeles Newspaper Group and California Newspapers Partnership
The Los Angeles Newspaper Group is managed by the California Newspapers Partnership (CNP), majority owned by MediaNews Group along with partners Stephens Media and Gannett, Inc. CNP is the largest publisher of daily newspapers in California. CNP publishes 30 daily newspapers and associated websites, and over 50 weekly publications. Newspapers published in the Los Angeles area include the Los Angeles Daily News, the Torrance Daily Breeze and the Long Beach Press-Telegram, which are owned by MediaNews Group, and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the Pasadena Star-News, the Whittier Daily News, the San Bernardino Sun, and the Redlands Daily Facts, owned by California Newspapers Partnership.
About MediaNews Group, Inc.
MediaNews Group, Inc. (www.medianewsgroup.com) is the nation’s second largest newspaper company as measured by circulation, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. MediaNews Group and its affiliated companies publish 57 daily newspapers and more than 100 non-daily publications in 11 states. In addition, MediaNews Group provides programming and operational services for a CBS affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska, and four radio stations licensed to Affiliated Media, Inc. FCC Trust. MediaNews maintains 187 websites.