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Leon Levitt
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- The Future of Newspapers, Sunday, 5:00
Leon Levitt joined Cox Newspapers as Vice President of Digital Media in May 2005. He is responsible for helping Cox Newspapers build local audience, transition and grow revenue, and craft a sustainable Internet strategy. Leon also oversees COXnet, the shared services group that provides Web-based utility tools, nontraditional content, design assistance, project management and infrastructure support.
Prior to joining Cox, Leon was executive vice president at The Arizona Republic where his focus was to develop strategies and business plans that aggregated audience across multiple online and print products. This included young readers, Hispanics, and convergence with a company-owned television station.
Leon joined The Arizona Republic as VP/Circulation in 1996. Prior to joining The Arizona Republic, Leon was vice president of circulation marketing for the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) where his responsibilities included developing programs to better understand readership trends, repositioning the role of circulation as a marketing function, and to add a more business-like approach to subscriber acquisition and retention.
Prior to NAA Leon worked at newspapers in Wilmington, NC, and Gadsden, AL.
Leon began his newspaper career at the Las Vegas Review-Journal after graduating from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies, and an emphasis in journalism. In 1978 he was editor of the Yell, the campus student newspaper.
While in Arizona Leon served on the board of one of college football’s premier bowl games, the Fiesta Bowl, and in 2001 was the organization’s chairman.
Leon’s wife’s name is Libby, and he has two adult children, Elizabeth and Stephen.
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