AP announces 4 new directors, 5 incumbents at annual meeting

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Four new directors and five incumbents were named to The Associated Press board of directors at AP's annual meeting at its New York headquarters.

Joining the AP cooperative's board as new directors are Emily Barr, president and CEO of Graham Media Group; Lisa DeSisto, CEO of MaineToday Media; William Lewis, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal; and Michael Newhouse, director and senior executive of Advance/Newhouse.

DeSisto, Lewis and Newhouse were elected to the board by members and Barr was appointed by directors.

The four incumbents re-elected to the board are:

  • Terry Kroeger, president and CEO of BH Media Group.
  • Robin McKinney Martin, owner of the Santa Fe New Mexican and the Taos News.
  • James Moroney, chairman, president and CEO of A.H. Belo Corporation.
  • David Paxton, president and CEO of Paxton Media Group.

Rob King, senior vice president of Sports Center and News for ESPN, was reappointed to the board.

Vice Chairman Steven R. Swartz, president and CEO of Hearst Corporation, becomes chairman of the AP Board of Directors. Swartz was elected to the AP board in 2009. He succeeds Mary Junck, executive chairman of Lee Enterprises, Inc., who has completed a five-year term as chairman. Junck joined the AP board as a director in 2004. 

The AP board has 21 directors. Directors are elected by members, or appointed to the AP board by directors.

Each director is eligible to serve up to a total of nine years, although the chairman is exempt from that rule.

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