Hearst Newspapers Names David McCumber Editor of The Advocate & Greenwich Time &...

Hearst Newspapers Names David McCumber Editor of The Advocate & Greenwich Time
& Editorial Director of Hearst's Connecticut Newspaper Group

NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Hearst Newspapers announced today that
David McCumber has been named editor of two of Hearst's Connecticut
newspapers, The Advocate of Stamford and the Greenwich Time, as well as
editorial director of its Connecticut Newspaper Group. The announcement was
made by Steven R. Swartz, president, Hearst Newspapers, and Mark E. Aldam,
senior vice president for Hearst Newspapers. The appointment is effective
April 27.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090420/NY01531 )

"David has been a valuable member of the Hearst Newspapers team for the last
decade and we are excited to have his leadership at The Advocate and Greenwich
Time," Swartz said. "He will also bring a wealth of editorial experience and
journalistic vision to all our of Connecticut papers."

Additionally, McCumber will assist in coordinating and editing investigative
journalism across the Newspaper Group, working with Phil Bronstein,
editor-at-large for both Hearst Newspapers and the San Francisco Chronicle,
and investigative reporters and editors at the other Hearst newspapers.

Most recently, McCumber was managing editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
During his nine years in that position, he worked to establish the newspaper's
prize-winning investigative team and strengthened the P-I in other areas,
particularly local reporting and photography. McCumber joined the P-I in 1999
as senior editor for projects and has more than 30 years of experience in
journalism at more than 10 newspapers. He is a former executive editor of the
Santa Barbara News-Press and former Sunday editor, city editor and assistant
managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner.

McCumber was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 at the Arizona Daily Star
for a project he directed and helped to write on abuses in defense
procurement. He is the author of four nonfiction books, most recently An Air
That Kills, co-authored with Andrew Schneider, based on a P-I series that
revealed the asbestos poisoning of a tiny town in Montana. Other books
include: The Cowboy Way: Seasons of a Montana Ranch; Playing off the Rail; and
X-Rated:The Mitchell Brothers.

In addition to the The Advocate and Greenwich Time, Hearst's Connecticut
Newspaper Group includes two additional dailies, the Connecticut Post in
Bridgeport and The News-Times in Danbury, and six weekly newspapers in
Fairfield County. The Connecticut Post, with roots that go back to 1883, is
southwestern Connecticut's largest circulation daily newspaper and has been
recognized with many honors, including the 2008 Newspaper of the Year Award
from the New England Newspaper Association.

Hearst Corporation (www.hearst.com) is one of the nation's largest diversified
media companies. Its major interests include ownership of 15 daily and 49
weekly newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle
and AlbanyTimes Union; as well as interests in an additional 43 daily and 72
non-daily newspapers owned by MediaNews Group, which include the Denver Post
and Salt Lake Tribune; nearly 200 magazines around the world, including Good
Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan and O, The Oprah Magazine; 29 television stations
through Hearst-Argyle Television (NYSE: HTV) which reach a combined 18% of
U.S. viewers; ownership in leading cable networks, including Lifetime, A&E,
History and ESPN; as well as business publishing, including a minority joint
venture interest in Fitch Ratings; Internet businesses, television production,
newspaper features distribution and real estate.

SOURCE Hearst Newspapers

Paul Luthringer, +1-212-649-2540, pluthringer@hearst.com, or Lisa K. Bagley,
+1-212-649-2337, lbagley@hearst.com