Business Wire Names Karen Reynolds Regional Manager of its Boston bureau

Business Wire, Oct 1, 2007

NEW YORK -- Karen Reynolds has been named Regional Manager of Business Wire's Boston bureau, Cathy Baron-Tamraz, the company's president and CEO announced today.

Reynolds, a 10-year Business Wire veteran, will be responsible for overall sales and operations for the Boston office in her new role. She will report to Richard DeLeo, regional vice president of the company's northeast offices.

"The Boston office has a long history of excellence, serving the majority of publicly-traded and private clients as well as the majority of agency clients in the marketplace," said Tamraz. "Karen has demonstrated the necessary leadership skills to ensure that Business Wire continues on this tradition. Her breadth of experience in all facets of Business Wire's functions - from news editor to account executive to sales manager - make her the ideal candidate for the job."

An alumnus of the University of New Hampshire, Reynolds has served as sales manager for the Boston office since 2006. Prior to that she held positions in Boston of senior account executive, account executive, client services representative, and news editor.

Reynolds is a board member of the Publicity Club of Boston and a member of NIRI Boston. She and her husband, Andy, live in Methuen with their daughter, Katie.

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Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is utilized by thousands of member companies and organizations to transmit their full-text news releases, regulatory filings, photos and other multimedia content to journalists, news media, trade publications, institutional and individual investors, financial information services, regulatory authorities, Internet portals, information web sites, business-to-business decision-makers and consumers worldwide. With a news distribution network spanning 150 countries and 45 languages, Business Wire's multi-channel delivery network has access to some 60 international and national news agency networks throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

The Business Wire news network is powered by its patented NX high-speed data platform and supports XML, XHTML and XBRL code to deliver the most sophisticated news file to enhance news release interactivity, customization and search engine optimization. Business Wire has 30 bureaus in cities including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Tokyo and Sydney with reciprocal offices throughout the world. Business Wire was founded in 1961 by Chairman Lorry I. Lokey, veteran journalist and public relations executive. Cathy Baron-Tamraz is president and CEO.