Carpenter Media Group (CMG) has hired two industry veterans to join its growing team.
Kevin Cooper has been named senior vice president of CMG and chief operating officer of Digital Newsmedia Partners (DNP), a CMG affiliate focused on providing digital products to CMG’s news sites.
Cooper comes to CMG after a long career with Boone Newsmedia Inc. (BNI) where he served most recently as senior vice president of digital and special projects. Cooper served many roles with BNI, including publisher and group manager.
He will work from CMG’s offices in Natchez, Mississippi.
Ben Hillyer, an award-winning photographer, designer and editor, will also join CMG’s team as digital engagement leader with DNP and lead web design and product development efforts.
Hillyer worked for many years as an architect before pivoting his career and becoming a news photographer and eventually an editor for The Natchez Democrat. He has most recently worked in digital audience development with BNI’s digital team.
He will also work from CMG’s offices in Natchez.
About Carpenter Media Group:
CMG owns and manages more than 200 community and metro media titles in the U.S. and Canada and is dedicated to preserving and building community journalism and marketing services to develop and improve each community served.
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