Mr. Lord has served as Director of the Company since May 2003. He has been the President of Pioneer Newspapers, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washington, since 1991. Pioneer Newspapers owns seven daily newspapers and six weekly, semi-weekly and monthly publications in the western United States. Prior to joining Pioneer Newspapers, Mr. Lord practiced law at Ferguson and Burdell, a Seattle firm specializing in business litigation, and was a criminal deputy prosecuting attorney for King County, Washington. Mr. Lord is the Chairman of the Inland Press Association, a member of the PAGE Co-op board of directors, a member of the Associated Press board of directors, a director of the Job Network LLC and a member of the Newspaper Association of America board of directors. |