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AUGSBURG, Germany — Left to right, MAN Roland executives Josef Aumiller,
director of corporate marketing; Georg Riescher, executive vice president; Peter
Kuisle, executive vice president of sales; and Tim Ruth, vice president sales;
at pre-drupa press conference.
Marketing Conference looks
at digital appeal
ORLANDO,
Fla. — The NAA Marketing Conference drew more than 2,100 registrants to the
three-day show that highlighted the steps newspapers are taking to grow their
online audiences.

Brian Tierney, chief executive officer and publisher, Philadelphia Media
Holdings; Michael Reed, president and chief executive officer, GateHouse Media
Inc.; William Dean Singleton, vice chairman and chief executive officer for
MediaNews Group Inc.; and Susan Clark-Johnson, president, newspaper division,
Gannett U.S. Community Publishing.

Mark Cardwell, managing editor of digital media for The Denver Post;
and Anne Saul, news systems editor, Gannett.

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — Kim Mikolajczyk and Mark Mikolajczyk,
publisher of Florida Today in Melbourne.

Mike Dodd, president of US Ink; and basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — At Graphics of Americas, Don Gustafson, president; and Karin
Arlt, director of marketing, Tensor Group Inc.

David R. Lightfoot, founder and president of
Chesapeake Resource Group.
AmEast draws them in
HERSHEY,
Pa. — The 2008 America East convention drew hundreds of participants to the
regional meeting. Vendors unveiled a number of software and hardware
enhancements, including a high-speed inserter from Muller Martini Mailroom
Systems Inc. (see coverage, page 37).

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Harry Newton, printing sales; and Gene Bosco, president; of JMG Mechanical &
Electrical Installers.

Phillip Perrara, circulation director at The Frederick
(Md.) News-Post.

John V. Juliano, manager of worldwide marketing
and reseller relations, for Tera Digital Publishing.

Patricia McAluney, production director, The Post-Standard in Syracuse, N.Y.;
and Jeff Gelfand, director of sales and marketing for ABB.

Amrish Thaker, president and chief executive officer, Muller Martini Mailroom
Systems Inc.; with Hans Peter Sutter, president, mailroom systems and member of
the executive board at Muller Martini VersandSystems AG.

William Randall, general manager, FMP Print and Publishing; Myron Randall,
editor and publisher; and Bob Clay, director of operations at The Frederick
(Md.) News-Post.

Ruth Ann Randall and Deedee Randall Luttrell, owners of The Frederick (Md.)
News-Post. The newspaper opens a new production plant this month.

Rock Ferrone, president; and Michael Russo, director of sales and marketing at
Rock-Built Inline Finishing Systems Inc.