Luncheon Check-in: 11:45am
The Towne House Restaurant
Members with reservations: $15,
Non-members and walk-ins: $18
Menu Selections:
Baked Ham
Tuna Salad Bowl
Vegetarian Platter
Contact the Retired and Senior
Volunteer Program (RSVP)
at 610-565-5563 or
via email at RSVP@delcopressclub.org
to make
your
reservation and
please note your menu selection.
If calling after 4 p.m. leave a
voice mail message
(press
#12)
for
Norma Testa-Walsh.
Note: reservations must be made
by
Monday, May 14th
at 4 p.m. |
Publisher's Highlight
May: Jim Cohn, Publisher/Editor,
Mid-Atlantic Events Magazine
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Gordon Medenica is Executive Vice President of Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC, the owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. He advised Brian Tierney’s local investor group in their purchase of the newspapers, and joined the management team after the acquisition. Medenica acts as liaison with the newsrooms, and also focuses on strategy, online operations and business development.
Medenica had been a long-time executive with The New York Times Company, serving on the Management Committee of the Company, as the head of strategic planning, and as a Group Publisher of several of its magazines. Medenica participated in approximately $2 billion in acquisitions and $1 billion in divestitures during his time with the Company, including the acquisition of The Boston Globe in 1993, then the largest newspaper deal in the industry's history.
After the Times Company, Medenica was President and CEO of DornaUSA, a sports marketing company. More recently, he served as an independent adviser to The Blackstone Group on newspaper acquisitions, beginning with the recapitalization of Freedom Communications in 2002. He has also worked with Providence Equity Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Fortress Capital in conjunction with Blackstone and other deals.
Medenica received his AB from Harvard College and his MBA from Harvard Business School.
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