George H. Cogswell III — President & Publisher of Commercial Appeal at E.W. Scripps Company

Mr. George H. Cogswell, III, has been the President & Publisher of Commercial Appeal at The E. W. Scripps Company since June 2012. Mr. Cogswell served as CRO, Regional Publisher, Editor of Commercial Appeal and General Manager of the Commercial Appeal at The E. W. Scripps Company. He served as Vice President and Regional Publisher at Journal Media Group, Inc. since April 2015 and served as its Publisher of The Commercial Appeal since 2012. He served as the President of BRV, Inc. He has been the President and Publisher of the Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News of Ew Scripps Co., The. since February 1, 2005. He is Publisher of Memphis Publishing Company. He served as the President of the Star and Publisher of the Star of The E. W. Scripps Company. He served as the Director of Circulation and Marketing Services for the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers in Florida of EW Scripps Co. He moved to Abilene after serving two years leading the circulation and marketing efforts for the three Scripps Treasure Coast newspapers - The Stuart News, The Tribune in Fort Pierce and the Press Journal in Vero Beach. He served as Circulation Director of the Scripps-owned Wichita Falls (Texas) Times Record News from 1997 to 2000. Before joining The Ew Scripps Co., he worked from 1993 to 1996 for Freedom Communications, first at Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers newspaper in Fort Pierce (before it was acquired by Scripps) and then at Freedom's Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette Telegraph. He served as an Assistant Circulation Director and then Circulation Director for The Tribune before accepting the position of Subscriber Sales and Retention Manager in Colorado Springs. He began his newspaper career in 1985 as a District Circulation Manager at the Middlesex News in Framingham, Mass. From 1986 to 1993, he held various positions in the circulation department at the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette and served as Circulation Director for The Call in Woonsocket R.I. Mr. Cogswell is a Graduate of the Scripps Leadership Institute.