Our Best Shot - For the second year in a row, Jay Janner of the Austin American-Statesman won both Feature Photography and Photographer of the Year in the Best of Cox awards, an annual competition that honors journalistic excellence among Cox Newspapers. Janner's portfolio, which included images of Austin landmarks, spanned news, sports, fashion and portraiture subjects.
Cox Newspapers
Good Things That Happened In 2007
- Launched online employment relationship with Yahoo! HotJobs site at all Cox newspapers, which resulted in immediate top local audience rankings.
- Online page views across all of Cox Newspapers' sites grew to 170 million per month. Online advertising revenue increased 12.6 percent over 2006.
- Celebrated the eighth anniversary of Statesman Swim Safe for Austin Kids, which has taught more than 7,465 youngsters to swim. The Statesman Season for Caring annual campaign, completing its ninth year, raised $710,000 in cash and $10,000 in in-kind goods and services, bringing the campaign total to $3,391,900 since its inception.
- Valpak's co-promotion with TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres yielded a 112 percent increase in visitors to the Valpak.com site and a 180 percent rise in the number of coupons printed on the day DeGeneres announced the promotion on-air (over same-day figures for the prior month).
- Launched new real estate websites for Atlanta, Austin, Ohio, and West Palm Beach newspapers, enabling users to search homes for sale (realtor-offered and For Sale by Owner), as well as rental homes, new homes and apartments. Search results also include information on recent home sales, schools, neighborhoods, builders and real estate agents.
- COXnet built and produced "Living Green," a website designed to help people live environmentally-friendly lifestyles. The site is shared among all Cox newspapers.
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's ajc.com surpassed one billion page views for the year in November 2007. The site also received 147 million visits during the year, up 27 percent over 2006.
- Two Atlanta Journal-Constitution staffers garnered Pulitzer Prizes. Editorial Page Editor Cynthia Tucker, whose columns have appeared in the paper for 20 years, won for Commentary, while Managing Editor Hank Klibanoff was honored for History for co-authoring the book, "The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation."
Circulation
| Dailies Circulation | Daily | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,011,746 | 1,317,347 |
| The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 331,954 | 492,482 |
| Austin American-Statesman (TX) | 166,458 | 206,700 |
| The Palm Beach Post (FL) | 157,800 | 188,315 |
| Dayton Daily News (OH) | 117,587 | 161,086 |
| Waco Tribune-Herald (TX) | 37,455 | 44,016 |
| The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, CO) | 30,913 | 33,653 |
| Longview News-Journal (TX) | 27,504 | 32,220 |
| Springfield News-Sun (OH) | 25,145 | 31,799 |
| The Daily Reflector (Greenville, NC) | 21,662 | 22,639 |
| JournalNews (Hamilton, OH) | 19,647 | 22,079 |
| The Middletown Journal (OH) | 17,662 | 18,990 |
| Rocky Mount Telegram (NC) | 14,292 | 16,391 |
| The Lufkin Daily News (TX) | 12,335 | 14,546 |
| The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, NC) | 10,748 | 10,230 |
| The Daily Sentinel (Nacogdoches, TX) | 8,072 | 9,045 |
| The Marshall News Messenger (TX) | 6,757 | 6,938 |
| Palm Beach Daily News (FL) | 5,755 | 6,218 |
Source: Internal Annual Average Circulation as of December 31, 2007
| Non-Dailies Circulation | |
|---|---|
| Total | 766,064 |
| Florida Pennysaver (West Palm Beach, FL) | 457,404 |
| Mundo Hispánico (Atlanta, GA, Spanish language) | 60,730 |
| Pulse-Journal (Mason, OH) | 59,219 |
| La Palma (West Palm Beach, FL, Spanish language) | 34,198 |
| ¡ahora sí! (Austin, TX, Spanish language) | 25,602 |
| The Nickel-Grand Junction (Grand Junction, CO) | 25,365 |
| Fairfield Echo (OH) | 20,883 |
| The Western Star (Lebanon, OH) | 16,287 |
| Duplin Times (Kenansville, NC) | 13,090 |
| North Lake Travis Log (Lago Vista, TX) | 5,437 |
| Round Rock Leader (TX) | 5,435 |
| Bastrop Advertiser (TX) | 5,010 |
| The Enterprise (Williamston, NC) | 4,653 |
| The Chowan Herald (Edenton, NC) | 4,368 |
| Beaufort-Hyde News (Bellhaven, NC) | 3,991 |
| Lake Travis View (Austin, TX) | 3,304 |
| Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, NC) | 3,240 |
| Oxford Press (OH) | 3,100 |
| Westlake Picayune (Westlake Hills, TX) | 2,623 |
| The Smithville Times (TX) | 2,519 |
| Standard Laconic (Snow Hill, NC) | 2,303 |
| Perquimans Weekly (Elizabeth City, NC) | 1,776 |
| Farmville Enterprise (NC) | 1,623 |
| Pflugerville Pflag (TX) | 1,566 |
| Times-Leader (Ayden-Grifton, NC) | 1,507 |
| Weekly Herald (Robersonville, NC) | 831 |
Source: Internal Annual Average Circulation as of December 31, 2007
Management
- Jay R. Smith
- President
- Brian G. Cooper
- Executive Vice President
- Christopher D. Caneles
- Vice President and Chief Information Officer
- Cathy Coffey
- Vice President, Advertising
- Melody P. Darch
- Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Susan S. Davidson
- Vice President, Human Resources
- Caroline C. John
- Group Vice President, Community Newspapers
- Vice President, Marketing
- Leon Levitt
- Vice President, Digital Media
- Mark P. Mansfield
- President, Cox Newsprint Supply, Inc.
- Stan Richmond
- Vice President, Operations
- Al Smith
- Vice President, Circulation
Publishers
- Gary Borders
- Longview News-Journal (TX)
- Edwina Blackwell Clark
- JournalNews (Hamilton, OH)
- The Middletown Journal (OH)
- Karla DeLuca
- The Daily Sentinel
(Nacogdoches, TX) - Douglas E. Franklin
- Dayton Daily News (OH)
- Tom Giuffrida
- The Palm Beach Post (FL)
- Tim Hobbs
- The Lufkin Daily News (TX)
- Ann Hoffman
- The Daily Advance
(Elizabeth City, NC) - Michael A. Laosa
- Austin American-Statesman (TX)
- Phil Latham
- The Marshall News Messenger (TX)
- John C. Mellott
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
- Joyce Reingold
- Palm Beach Daily News (FL)
- Steve Sidlo
- Springfield News-Sun (OH)
- Alex Taylor
- The Daily Sentinel
(Grand Junction, CO) - Michael C. Vivio
- Waco Tribune-Herald (TX)
- D. Jordan Whichard II
- The Daily Reflector
(Greenville, NC) - Raye P. Woodin II
- Rocky Mount Telegram (NC)
Related Operations
- Valpak
- Largo, FL
- William B. Disbrow,
- President & CEO
- Saving Source Direct
- (formerly PAGAS Mailing Services)
- Tarboro, NC
- Jeffrey J. Means, CEO
- Washington, D.C. News Bureau
- Andrew N. Alexander,
- Bureau Chief
- COXnet
- Atlanta, GA
- John Reetz,
- General Manager
2007 Annual Report