BJ publisher leaving

BJ publisher Mark Cohen will leave Ol’ Blue Walls Sept. 22 for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to become president of the Pennsylvania Newsmedia Association and its advertising agency, MANSI Media. He came to 44 East Exchange Street in 2013.

Black Press president and CEO Rick O’Connor will travel from Canada to Akron soon to figure out who the next publisher will be.

Cohen succeeded Akron native Andrea Mathewson, the Beacon Journal’s first female publisher for six of her 36 years at the BJ.

Cincinnati native Cohen started his career as a sales executive at the Cincinnati Enquirer. He also has worked for Thomson Newspapers, GateHouse Newspapers and the Pioneer Newspaper Group.