Broas named Fort Wayne publisher

Knight Ridder announced today the appointment of Steven T. Broas as president and CEO, Fort Wayne Newspapers, and publisher of The News-Sentinel, effective an. 9. He replaces Mary Jacobus, who resigned in December.

Broas, 43, is currently director of retail development on the Knight Ridder corporate marketing staff -- a position he has held for one year. Prior to that, he served for four years as vice president/advertising for The Kansas City Star. He had come to The Star in November 1994, and worked his way up through a variety of sales positions.

Broas is a 1986 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a bachelor of science in journalism with an advertising emphasis. He is on the Sales Force Advisory Board of the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. He and his wife, Laurie, are both Midwestern natives, and they look forward to this opportunity to live in that part of the country.

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