By: E&P Staff Michael Fibison has been named general manager of TwinCities.com, the online home of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. His responsibilities will include directing local content and sales strategy.
Fibison succeeds Patricia Mitchell, who was promoted in the fall of 2004 to vice president, responsible for the national sales of Knight Ridder's Real Cities Network.
Fibison, who recently worked for a year and a half with Minnesota Opinion Research Inc., will rejoin Knight Ridder; from 1995 to 2003, he held several editorial, marketing, and sales positions with Knight Ridder's online businesses, both in the Twin Cities and California.
"We are delighted to welcome Michael back to the Knight Ridder Digital family," Tracy Martin, CFO and senior vice president, local operations, said in a statement. "Michael brings a powerful combination of journalism, business development and sales expertise to his new role.
At MORI, Fibison served as associate director of new media. He has directed research projects for publishers including Gannett, Knight Ridder Digital, Media News Group. He is also a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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