Bull Run Corporation Names Thomas J. Stultz President and Chief Executive Officer of Host Communications, Inc.
21 Julio 2004 - 4:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Bull Run Corporation Names Thomas J. Stultz President and Chief
Executive Officer of Host Communications, Inc. ATLANTA, July 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bull Run Corporation (OTC:BULL) announced
today that Thomas J. Stultz has been named President and Chief
Executive Officer of Bull Run's wholly-owned operating company,
Host Communications, Inc. ("HOST"). He replaces Gordon Whitener who
has recently left the company to pursue other opportunities. It is
expected that Mr. Stultz will also be nominated to Bull Run's board
of directors to fill Mr. Whitener's seat. "Tom is an innovative
marketer and an experienced executive who knows how to run a
business," said President and Chief Executive Officer of Bull Run
Corporation Robert S. Prather, Jr. "Over the past eight years he
has led the publishing division of Gray Television, Inc. to record
growth in revenues and increased cash flows by more than 600
percent. His top priorities will be to improve the profitability of
Host Communications and build upon the franchises HOST enjoys in
collegiate sports marketing, association management, publishing and
event planning and marketing." "I am very excited about the
opportunities at HOST. I love sports, sales and marketing, building
relationships and working with innovative and creative people,"
said Stultz. "Jim Host built a great company that enjoys a
tremendous reputation for excellence in everything it does. I look
forward to building on that foundation. I believe the company has a
great future." Stultz has served as president of Gray Publishing
LLC in Lawrenceville, Georgia since February 1996, managing five
daily newspapers owned by Gray Television, Inc. Prior to joining
Gray, Stultz served as vice president and vice president -
marketing of Multimedia Newspaper Company in Greenville, S.C. He
has also held senior management positions with Harte-Hanks
Communications, Inc. and the Suburban Journals of Greater St.
Louis. He began his career as a reporter for the Ashland (KY) Daily
Independent in June 1971. Bull Run, through HOST, provides
comprehensive sales, marketing, multimedia, special event and
convention/hospitality services to NCAA Division I universities and
conferences, national/global associations, and domestic and
international grassroots sports and lifestyle events (including the
three-on- three basketball "Hoop-It-Up National Tour" and the "got
milk? 3-v-3 Soccer Shootout" national tour.) Forward-Looking
Statements Certain statements in this press release are
"forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not
guaranties of future performance and actual results may differ
materially from those forecasted. DATASOURCE: Bull Run Corporation
CONTACT: Robert S. Prather, Jr., President & Chief Executive
Officer of Bull Run Corporation, +1-404-266-8333; or Thomas J.
Stultz, President & Chief Executive Officer of HOST,
+1-859-226-4356 Web site: http://www.bullruncorp.com/
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