FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 26, 2002
DAN O'SHEA NAMED GENERAL MANAGER OF TRIAD OUTDOOR MARKET
AUGUSTA, Ga. Daniel B. O'Shea has been named general manager
of the Triad market of Fairway Outdoor Advertising, a division
of Morris Communications. The market serves Greensboro, High Point
and Winston-Salem, N.C., from the Fairway office in Greensboro.
O'Shea, a 22-year veteran of the outdoor advertising business,
was previously national creative director for Fairway and was
located at the home office in Augusta. He began his career with
Naegele Outdoor Advertising in 1980 and joined Morris upon its
acquisition of Naegele in1985. At that time, O'Shea was serving
as national creative director for the 15 companies of the Naegele
group.
As an active member of the Outdoor Advertising Association of
America (OAAA), O'Shea has served in several leadership roles
for the industry and was named to the prestigious OAAA Hall of
Fame in 2002. He is a past governor of OAAA Region II, which encompasses
seven states in the Southeast, and was recently named to the 2003
judges' panel for the industry¹s OBIE awards. He also has
received numerous local, regional and national awards for creative
marketing and design.
''Dan has proven expertise in sales and marketing, plus tremendous
creative talent,'' said Mark Moyer, president of the Morris Fairway
division. ''He will be a great asset for us in the field.''
Fairway Outdoor Advertising, owned by Morris Communications Company
LLC, is headquartered in Augusta, Ga., and has branch offices
in four states.
Morris Communications is
a privately held media company with diversified holdings that
include newspaper and magazine publishing, radio broadcasting,
book publishing and distribution, and computer services, in addition
to outdoor advertising.
CONTACT:
Jo Ann S. Hoffman
Corporate Communications
706-828-3821
hoffman@morris.com |