Gannett announces sales lead for company's Florida markets. (St. Augustine Record)

St. Augustine residents seething at GANNETT's evisceration of the St. Augustine Record, its staff and its role in our community: GANNETT prioritizes profits over people. More proof in the form of PR puffery.  "More than 20 newspapers" in Florida?  How many, exactly>?  Sloppy reporting. "More than 20 newspapers in Florida?  Do the math.  Oligopoly is a substantive evil.  From St. Augvisnte Record:

Gannett announces sales lead for company's Florida markets

Derek Gilliam

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Gannett announced the hiring of Jim Fogler to head sales for the company's Florida region, where it operates more than 20 newspapers.

Fogler most recently held the position of president and chief executive at the Florida Press Association. He had served as the president and regional sales director for his hometown newspaper the Poughkeepsie Journal in New York from 2016 to 2020. He also led the largest newspaper in Vermont, the Burlington Free Press, from 2010 to 2014.

His role with Gannett will be vice president of sales for the Florida region with LocaliQ, the digital solutions and marketing arm for the Tysons, Virginia-headquartered company. All sales regions in Florida will be united under Fogler's leadership.

He will report directly to Allen Jones, president of local sales at LocaliQ.

"Jim is a fantastic leader with a strong track record of success. He is on a mission to advance journalism throughout the state of Florida and will continue to open new opportunities for our clients to engage with a growing reader base," Jones said. "I couldn’t be more excited to have Jim leading the team."

Fogler resides in central Florida in Oviedo with his wife and two children. He earned his college degree at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania in media communications and technology. He also enjoys classic cars, ice hockey and golf.

His first day on the job will be Feb. 5.

"This is an exciting homecoming for me in several ways. I will be rejoining a company I spent more than 30 years with, and in the state we now call home," Fogler said.  "I am thrilled to be leading one of Gannett's and USA TODAY's strongest print and digital media operations in the U.S. We have a powerful combination of loyal audiences and digital marketing solutions in the many local communities we serve. I look forward to being chief revenue and audience champion for Gannett's Florida newspapers.”