J. Lacey Lewis Promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Cox Interactive Media

Business Wire, Dec 15, 1998

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1998--Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia), the most popular network of local sites on the Internet, announced today that J. Lacey Lewis has been promoted to vice president and chief financial officer.

In her new position, Lewis will continue to lead the financial affairs of CIMedia, a responsibility she assumed when she joined CIMedia as director of finance in April 1998.

"Lacey's promotion is a direct result of her outstanding financial, operational and analytic skills," said Peter Winter, president of CIMedia. "I'm pleased to recognize Lacey for her ongoing contributions to CIMedia. She has emerged as a key leader within the management team, and we will rely on her more and more as we intensify our focus on revenue growth."

A respected business operations veteran, Lewis has a history of service to Cox. Prior to joining CIMedia, she was director of business operations for Cox Communications, Inc. (CCI) since 1990. In that capacity, she contributed to the overall direction of CCI, including financial and operational functions, public and governmental relations, marketing and sales, customer service, programming and human resources.

Lewis joined Cox Enterprises in 1984 as an assistant senior auditor. She was promoted to senior auditor in 1985, to internal audit manager in 1987 and to CCI director of business operations in 1990. Prior to joining Cox, Lewis was a senior accountant for Deloitte, Haskins & Sells in Atlanta.

A cum laude graduate of Auburn University, Auburn, Ala., Lewis holds a B.S.B.A. in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). In 1996, she completed the executive development consortium for senior managers at the Goizueta Business School, Emory University.

CIMedia operates the highest ranked network of local sites on the Internet and consumers of CIMedia's 20 city sites read more pages than any other local site network. To date, the CIMedia network includes 25 city and specialty sites (www.cimedia.com).

CIMedia is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., and is headquartered in Atlanta. A leading media company, Cox Enterprises includes Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, direct mail marketing, book publishing), Cox Broadcasting, Inc. (TV, spot sales, television production, research, publicly-traded Cox Radio, Inc.) and publicly traded Cox Communications, Inc. (cable distribution, programming, broadband communications) in addition to Cox Interactive Media. The company also is the world's largest operator of automobile auctions through Manheim Auctions, providing financial services, government auctions, online services and price guides.