Cox names Atlanta Journal-Constitution publisher
Posted by Leah McBride Mensching on January 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Cox Enterprises has named Doug Franklin the new publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the AJC reported Tuesday. Franklin currently serves as the executive vice president of Cox Newspapers, and will continue to hold that position, while adding the AJC duties.
Franklin has also been a publisher of Cox newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, and Palm Beach, Florida. He is replacing John Mellott, AJC publisher since 2004, who is retiring.
Franklin has also been a publisher of Cox newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, and Palm Beach, Florida. He is replacing John Mellott, AJC publisher since 2004, who is retiring.
Franklin presided over a large reorganisation at the Palm Beach Post in 2008.
"He will bring fresh thinking and energy to the job while he continues the important work of transforming our newspapers in print and digitally," Cox Media Group President Sandy Schwartz told the AJC.
"He will bring fresh thinking and energy to the job while he continues the important work of transforming our newspapers in print and digitally," Cox Media Group President Sandy Schwartz told the AJC.
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