FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PUBLISHING VETERAN JOINS
SD TIMES AD SALES FORCE
Jonathan Sawyer brings 12 years of experience in high-tech advertising to twice-monthly software-development newspaper
Oyster Bay, N.Y., December 27, 2001 - Jonathan Sawyer, an experienced high-tech advertising sales professional, has joined BZ Media's SD Times as the sales manager for the newspaper's Southeast U.S. territory, effective January 2, 2002.
Sawyer, who offers more than a dozen years of experience in advertising sales, has been focusing on the software-development market as a Sales Manager and Advertising Director with CMP Media LLC since 1995.
He most recently served as Regional Sales Manager for CMP's Intelligent Enterprise Magazine, and before that, as Advertising Director of MSDN Magazine, as Advertising Director for Microsoft Internet Developer Magazine, and as Regional Sales Manager for Microsoft Systems Journal.
Before joining CMP, Sawyer served as National Accounts Manager for McGraw-Hill Co.'s Byte Magazine.
"I'm delighted to welcome Jon to SD Times," said Ted Bahr, president of BZ Media. "His experience in the software-development market, and the respect that he's earned from advertisers and the industry as a whole, will be a tremendous asset to our newspaper."
Sawyer will manage advertising sales in the southeast United States, ranging from Pennsylvania to Florida, and inland to Texas. He will also manage accounts in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
