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Publishing Business Systems promoted Bud DePietto, a 10-year PBS veteran, to executive vice president. The company also named Dan Paulus to vice president of sales. Paulus will oversee PBS’ sales organization.

Bob Sullivan joined Mactive Inc. as director of professional services. Prior to joining Mactive, Sullivan held a variety of positions at Foster’s Daily Democrat in Dover, N.H. Sullivan was the first president of the Mactive Users Group. Sullivan will serve out his term as president through March 2003.

Kodak Polychrome Graphics announced four appointments as part of a repositioning of the company’s sales organization in the United States and Canada. Richard Rindo, director of segment sales, will be responsible for KPG’s newspaper, channel sales and digital equipment segments as well as Canada. Todd Zimmerman is director of field-based sales and national accounts and will be responsible for regional sales managers and the company’s national accounts and packaging segment team.

Bob Rohor, director of sales and technical operations, will be responsible for identifying and creating sales processes. Michele Laird-William, director of print media, will spearhead the expansion of KPG’s print media program into the corporate, creative and packaging segments.

Western Lithotech, a Lastra Group Co., named Carlos Bonilla as regional manager for export. He will be responsible for commercial sales of Western Lithotech’s line of analog and digital printing plate products, chemicals and equipment in Latin America and Spanish-speaking Caribbean Islands, except Mexico.

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Baldwin Technology Co. Inc. announced that Akira Hara and Ralph Roy Whitney Jr. were re-elected to the company’s board of directors at the annual meeting of stockholders held in November. The board of directors voted to elect Shaun Kilfoyle vice president of the company. Kilfoyle will be responsible for marketing and strategic planning.

INDUSTRY

The American Press Institute named Carol Ann Riordan vice president for programming and personnel and Warren Watson vice president for operations and extended learning. Riordan will continue to be responsible for API’s programming and personnel as well as taking on additional duties in the office of API president. Watson will continue to build API’s tailored programming initiatives and also takes on additional responsibility for the Institute’s financial operations and learning facilities.

Gracia Martore will become chief financial officer of Gannett Co. Inc. Martore will succeed Larry Miller, who will remain Gannett’s executive vice president for operations. Martore will remain a senior vice president and continue to handle the company’s investor relations duties. She also becomes a member of the Gannett Management Committee. Martore is the first woman at Gannett to hold the CFO title.

The New York Times Co. promoted Kenneth A. Richieri to vice president. Richieri will retain his responsibilities as deputy general counsel. He will also retain his current title and responsibilities as vice president and general counsel of New York Times Digital and will retain operational responsibility for NYTD’s archive distribution business.

Chicago-based Tribune Co., elected Dennis J. FitzSimons chief executive officer. John W. Madigan, the former CEO, will continue as board chairman until Dec. 31, 2003 when he will retire. Madigan plans to leave Tribune’s board of directors at the May 2004 annual meeting.

OBITUARIES

Graphics arts professional Dave Romberg passed away in December. He was 49.

Romberg started his graphic arts career in the pressroom at the George Banta Co. of Menasha, Wis., in 1972. He continued with M.E.G., a French-based auxiliary manufacturer, until joining the Graphic Systems division of Rockwell International in 1979.

Starting as a sales representative in the eastern region, Romberg was promoted to commercial product development manager. In 1983 he assumed the role of sales director, responsible for all sales of single-width products for Rockwell and was named general manager in 1986.

After leaving Rockwell, he started his own company, AD Technology, in 1992. AD is the exclusive sales representative for Dauphin Graphic Machines.

Romberg is survived by his wife and five children.