LEE - Digital media pioneers join Lee Enterprises board | Benzinga
DAVENPORT, Iowa, July 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Madeline McIntosh and Jon Miller, pioneering media executives with extensive accomplishments in digital technology, consumer marketing and business transformations, have joined the board of directors of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NASDAQ:LEE).
"Madeline and Jon bring unique backgrounds and impressive perspectives as independent directors to help us propel Lee's digital successes even farther and faster," said Mary Junck, chairman. "Our board is thrilled to gain their wisdom and foresight as we accelerate Lee's transformation in providing our market-leading news, information and advertising in compelling new ways."
They fill retirement vacancies, bringing the board back to nine members.
Madeline McIntosh is a digital pioneer and media executive with decades of experience leading business transformations.
In March 2024, she launched Authors Equity, Inc, a book publisher dedicated to a reshaped relationship with authors and publishing talent. The company's emphasis on profit sharing, flexibility, transparency and long-term collaboration has drawn a wide-ranging list of bestselling and emerging authors, with the first books coming to market in fall 2024. She is the company's CEO and publisher.
A major profile in The New York Times said she "stands out as someone who at every turn has rejected conventional thinking, and who has had an uncanny degree of foresight about technological change."
Jon Miller is a senior executive and investor at the intersection of technology and media.
As chairman and CEO of AOL, Inc., he oversaw the world's largest digital news site. As chairman and CEO of News Corp Digital Media Group, he was ...