GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — A veteran newspaper executive has been named publisher of The Record-Courier in Gardnerville.
Pat Bridges takes the reins at the newspaper April 23, and also will serve as advertising director for The Record-Courier’s sister paper in Carson City, the Nevada Appeal.
His appointment was announced by both Swift Communications newspapers Friday.
The 56-year-old Bridges is coming from Roseburg, Ore., where he has been advertising director of The News-Review.
Bridges began his career in 1980 as a sales representative for the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune.
Before Roseburg, he held executive positions in Redding, Calif., Evansville, Ind., and at the Anchorage Daily News.
