Promoted In 2006, Gatehouse purchased Liberty Group Publishing. My region was expanded by new acquisitions that included two daily newspapers, Hope and Arkadelphia, and three more weekly newspapers, Prescott, Gurdon and White Hall, Arkansas. * Maintained complete oversight over 4 daily and 4 weekly newspapers. (Total paid circulation was 20,000 daily, 25,000 weekly and an additional 55,000 non-paid circulation shoppers.) - Responsibility included every aspect of these properties on local and corporate levels. - Duties encompassed all Accounting functions (Payables and Receivables), editorial and quality, advertising and sales, production and distribution. * Under my direction, we continued to thrive, raise the bar and even surpass previous and historically high revenues. * Although most of these markets were in economically depressed areas, under my effective leadership they performed to budgeted expectations even during the most trying times of industry-wide declining revenues. from Local Publisher to Regional Publisher for Liberty Group Publishing. Duties included complete oversight of operations profit and corporate responsibility of three (3) community daily newspapers and one weekly newspaper Stuttgart Arkansas. (Bastrop Louisiana and Newport Arkansas were added to my existing duties of Helena Arkansas.) All properties were struggling financially in EBITDA as well as operationally. * By implementing my expert training personal experience and most effective strategies at these troubled properties we turned them around in short order meeting and exceeding budgeted profitability. * Included revenue-enhancing cost controls and the introduction of new digital media. * My region was the recipient of Liberty Group "Super Achievers" award for 3 consecutive years [for properties reaching/surpassing 10% over budgeted GOP per year] Clark Smith A small 3,500 circulation 5-day a week daily newspaper with 15 full-time employees and 7 part-time as well as an independent carrier force. Duties included all aspects of overseeing all departments of a daily newspaper operation a hands-on operation for the Publisher from the front to the rear. [Helena sits in the heart of the economically depressed Mississippi River Delta region.] - The Daily World was struggling to stay afloat and produce a decent newspaper on a daily basis. * After a few years and a large turnover in staff we turned around this operation that had once averaged a -2% yearly GOP into an average of 34% GOP while producing a quality newspaper daily. [The Daily World was a part of the Liberty Group Publishing Company.]

Highlights:

• Publishing
• Accounting
• Accounting Functions
• Acquisitions
• Leadership
• Receivables
• Accounts Receivable
• Budgeting
• Human Resources
• Management