Paul Provost to Take Over as Publisher of Telegram & Gazette

Paul M. Provost has been named publisher of the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass.   After being discharged from the U.S. Army, he completed his undergraduate studies in 1996 and then worked in political consulting and real estate sales before landing an advertising job in 2000 at his hometown newspaper.   He rose from advertising sales representative to advertising director and was named publisher of the Bulletin in Norwich, Conn. in 2009, two years after GateHouse Media had acquired the 26,000-circulation paper.   Provost stepped down as Bulletin publisher in 2012 to become regional vice president of sales for the eastern region for Digital First Media, a post he held for two years.