At the annual meeting of The Associated Press, it was announced that Rupert Murdoch and Sam Zell were among four new members added to the board of directors of the company.
Other new additions to board were Craig A. Dubow, president and CEO of Gannett Co., and Donna J. Barrett, president and CEO of Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
They joined re-elected directors "William Dean Singleton, who is vice chairman and chief executive officer of MediaNews Group and chairman of the AP board; Jon K. Rust, publisher of the Southeast Missourian and co-president of Rust Communications; Michael E. Reed, chief executive officer of GateHouse Media Inc., and Victor F. Ganzi, president and chief executive officer of Hearst Corp."
Dubow will serve a one-year term to fill an unexpired vacancy, while Murdoch will sit on the board until the next election. Zell and Barrett were elected to serve the usual three-year terms.
The AP board includes 18 directors who are elected in staggered groups of six annually.
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