Creators Syndicate Names New GM/Executive VP

By: E&P Staff Creators Syndicate has announced that Jack Newcombe is joining the company as executive vice president and general manager.

Newcombe recently received his Master of Business Administration from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Between his first and second years he worked for Wikia, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales' technology start-up in San Francisco.

"There will always be a demand for quality content," Newcombe said in a statement. "Our job is to understand our readers and give them what they want, no matter the distribution channel."

Newcombe earned his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, majoring in government and Spanish. While there, he was a four-year varsity athlete and captain of the rowing team. He also studied politics while living in Santiago, Chile, worked with local microfinance programs in Southeast Asia, and performed service work in Tanzania, Africa.

"Jack is the ideal person to take Creators Syndicate to the next level of growth," said founder and CEO Rick Newcombe. "He is brilliant, optimistic and energetic, and he is familiar with new media, having spent the past two years in Silicon Valley getting his MBA at Stanford University
studying media and technology. His background in finance and sales with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley is ideal for helping the company continue as a market leader and expand into new areas of growth."

Creators Syndicate opinion columnist Matt Towery added, "As the former CEO of a privately held company founded by my father, I recognize that few sons or daughters come to a business with the skill sets necessary to hit the ground running. Jack is the exception. He has unique charisma, intellect and a work ethic that is rarely found in corporate America. He would be a huge addition to any organization because of his exceptional skills and experience."

Founded in 1987, Los Angeles-based Creators is one of the world?s largest newspaper syndicates, distributing more than 200 newspaper features to over 2,400 newspapers and Internet sites around the globe. Its artists have won two of the past four Reuben awards for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, and three of the last four Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning.