Lynnette
Canedy joins La Opinión as Classified Advertising
Director
Los
Angeles, CA (December 6, 2006) - La Opinión,
the leading Spanish-language newspaper in the United States,
announced that Lynnette M. Canedy has joined La Opinión
as Classified Advertising Director.
"We
are excited to have Lynnette Canedy in our advertising team,"
says Monica Lozano, CEO and Publisher of La Opinión.
"Lynnette has a solid background in the media industry
and experience in multiple categories including automotive,
retail and classified. She will lead our classified team to
the next level through print and online initiatives."
Ms.
Canedy has over seventeen years of experience in the media
industry within key positions in classifieds and advertising
management.
She
most recently served as Automotive Sales Manager and Director
of Key Accounts, Retail Division, for the Orange County Register.
Ms.
Canedy's career also includes five years as Publisher for
a division of VNU, Inc.; General Manager of the Recycler Classified
Newspapers, Las Vegas, Sales Manager for PR Newswire; and
sales positions with the Lexington Kentucky Herald Leader
Newspaper and the Willoughby Ohio News Herald.
She
attended the University of Kentucky and graduated with a Bachelor
of Arts in Communications/Journalism.
About
La Opinión
La Opinión is the leading Spanish-language daily
newspaper in the country, distributing 124,000 copies throughout
the five-county Southern California area and reaching over
482,000 readers on a daily basis. La Opinión
was founded in 1926 to provide daily news and information
to a Hispanic population that has grown to become the nation's
largest. In 2000, La Opinión Digital was launched,
creating not only an online publication of the newspaper,
but also a premier Spanish-language website. La Opinión
is owned and operated by ImpreMedia LLC, the leading print
and online Spanish-language news publisher in the United States.
ImpreMedia publishes El Diario La Prensa and El
Diario Contigo in New York, El Mensajero in the
San Francisco bay area, La Opinión and La
Opinión Contigo in Los Angeles, La Prensa in Orlando
and Tampa and La Raza in Chicago, the leading Spanish language
newspapers in their respective markets. ImpreMedia also distributes
La Vibra, the premier weekly entertainment publication
for young urban Latinos in six key Hispanic markets and Vista
Magazine, the dual language magazine in 29 U.S. markets.
To learn more about La Opinión and ImpreMedia, visit
http://corp.laopinion.com
and www.impremedia.com.
Contact:
J. Alex Gomez, Corporate Marketing Director, ImpreMedia, (213)
896-3266
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