NameDropping

Brent Arnold was named advertising director for the Journal-Advocate in Sterling, Colo. He had previously served as advertising manager for Gannett in Fort Collins, Colo., and Great Falls, Mont. Arnold replaced Sharon Friedlander, who became publisher of the Sweetwater (Texas) Reporter.

Gladys Arroyo was named vice president of advertising for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Sun-Times Media Group’s Chicago city region. She had previously served as director of advertising for Pioneer Press West.

The Forum in Fargo, N.D., named Aaron Becher advertising director. Becher had previously served in a similar position at the Duluth (Minn.) News Tribune. Roz Randorf will succeed in Becher’s place at the Duluth News Tribune.

Patty Bennett was named advertising sales manager at The Daily Item in Sunbury, Pa. She succeeds Brad Bailey, who went to the Pocono Record in Stroudsburg, Pa.

David Fike was named regional vice president and publisher of the American Consolidated Media - Chesapeake Region. The Chesapeake Region includes 17 publications in Maryland and Delaware with two community dailies, a variety of weekly and monthly publications and two commercial printing plants. Fike most recently served as a division Publisher and General Manager.

Jeff Green was named president and CEO of Fayetteville Publishing Co.’s Iwanna division in Asheville, N.C., which oversees classified-advertising publications for Asheville and for Greenville, S.C., as well as Internet operations, commercial printing and Sophie magazine. He had previously served as chief marketing officer.

Craig Rogers was named advertising director at the Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star. He succeeds Tim Rollet, who resigned in March to pursue an alternative career. Rogers had previously served as director of marketing for The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. and currently acts as president of the Newspaper Association of America’s Market Development and Promotion Council.

Beverly Schultz-Joyce was named advertising director at the Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle. She had served as a consultant for the newspaper industry after serving as publisher of the Hendricks County Flyer in Avon, Ind.

This information will also be available in the May 2009 issue of MacDonald magazine.