By: E&P Staff Reviving two positions not filled for nearly five years, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times today named Marty Petty publisher and Neil Brown executive editor.
"These new titles do not change their responsibilities, which are already quite broad, or their relationships to me. Rather, the titles reflect the deep confidence that the organization and I have in them," said Paul C. Tash, chairman and CEO of the St. Petersburg Times (
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Brown, 46, has served the past nine years as managing editor. He is also a vice president of the paper.
Petty, 51, joined the Times in 2000 as executive vice president. Both are members of the Times' board of directors.
As executive editor, Brown will continue to direct all journalism at the Times with the exception of the editorial and opinion pages. "My job has been to bring the great resources of the Times' newsrooms together ... as we think about fresh ways to be relevant to readers throughout all of Tampa Bay," Brown said.
Brown joined the Times in 1993 as world editor. Before that he spent five years at the Times' Congressional Quarterly. He also worked for eight years as a reporter and editor at The Miami Herald.
Petty is the former publisher of The Hartford (Conn.) Courant.
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