Aldam Elected Chair of News Media Alliance

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Mark Aldam, EVP at Hearst, has been elected chairman of the News Media Alliance.

He had been vice chairman. Kirk Davis, CEO, GateHouse Media, will succeed Aldam as vice chairman

“Mark has been a tremendous asset to the Alliance and I am confident he will continue to exhibit the same strong leadership and enthusiasm for the industry as Chairman that he has always shown,” said News Media Alliance president and CEO David Chavern.

Also elected were Terry Egger, CEO and publisher, Philadelphia Media Network, secretary; and Antoinette 'Toni' Bush, EVP and global head of government affairs, News Corp, treasurer.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.