MORRIS
NAMES CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING
AUGUSTA, Ga.Everton J. Weeks has been named to the new
position of corporate director of advertising, effective immediately.
The announce-
ment was made today by President William S. Morris IV.
A former sales consultant for
Morris, Weeks also was president of EJW Inc., an online marketing
company, where he co-founded XCEL Marketing Group, founded the
Web Sales Coach
and created a real estate cable television show.
During his 17-year newspaper
career, Weeks has served as vice president of advertising for
Gannett Newspapers, senior vice president of advertising for
the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and in various adver-
tising management positions for the Miami Herald.
"We are extremely fortunate
to have a man of Everton's caliber leading the sales effort
across the company. He's full of energy and ideas, he has a
wealth of experience in sales and he plays to win," said Morris.
Weeks is a graduate of Temple
University in Philadelphia, Pa., and received his master's of
business administration from the University of Miami, Miami,
Fla. He will be based at corporate headquarters in Augusta.
Morris Communications is a privately held media company with
diversified holdings that include newspaper and magazine publishing,
outdoor advertising, radio broadcasting, book publishing and
distribution, and online services. For more information, visit
www.morris.com.