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Mark Contreras, was named senior vice president/newspapers in March 2006. He oversees the day-to-day operation and strategic direction of the Scripps newspaper division, which includes 28 daily and community newspapers and related businesses.
He joined Scripps in January 2005 as vice president/newspaper operations after serving five years as a senior vice president of Pulitzer, Inc., with oversight responsibilities for Pulitzer Newspapers and the company's 50 percent interest in the Tucson Newspaper Agency.
He began his newspaper career in 1988 as marketing services manager for The Oakland Press in Pontiac, Mich. A year later he joined The Kansas City Star, serving four years as metro circulation manager and one year as retail display advertising director. From 1994 to 1999 Contreras was president and publisher of The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Contreras is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, earning a master's in business administration in 1988. He earned a bachelor's degree in history at the University of Chicago. He has completed the advanced executive program at Northwestern University's Newspaper Management Center and was selected by The Aspen Institute as a Henry Crown Fellow.
Contreras is Chairman of The American Press Institute. He serves as Treasurer and Executive Committee member of the board of the Newspaper Association of America. He is a board member of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts and a member of the National Association of Minority Media Executives. Contreras is a trustee of the Scripps Howard Foundation. | 