I ran across this bit of old new from UNEWY
January 18, 1999 10:51
Andrew Nugee Joins Visual Communications Group to Launch Digital And
Internet Distribution Products
LONDON, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- United News and Media (Nasdaq: UNEWY;
London: UNWS) announces that Andrew Nugee is to become the new Chief
Executive of its still image marketing subsidiary Visual Communications Group (VCG). Andrew will drive forward the development of VCG's digital and Internet platform and products.
VCG markets the reproduction rights to a broad range of high quality
images through a global distribution network covering more than 50
countries as well as via the Internet. It is one of the world's leading suppliers of visual content to a diverse range of clients including advertising and design agencies, magazines, newspapers and traditional and new media publishers. VCG's innovations have been one of the key drivers behind the rapid growth of its industry over the last decade.
Andrew has been Managing Director of FT Media and Telecoms for the past two years and prior to that worked for the Boston Consulting Group in London and Munich and at the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Charles Gregson, Executive Director responsible for Visual
Communications Group said: "I am delighted that Andrew will be taking
over responsibility for Visual Communications Group, an important
component of United's growing web-based and technology-oriented
portfolio. He brings to the company a wealth of experience, which will
help it take advantage of the exciting opportunities presented by
digital technology and the Internet. He will take over from Sheldon
Marshall who has run the company for the last 15 years and built it into one of the top three businesses world-wide in its industry."
Andrew Nugee said: "I am tremendously pleased to be joining VCG at such an exciting point in its development. VCG's strong brands and wealth of content provide a robust base to take it onto the Internet and achieve the very tangible efficiency and distribution benefits offered by this revolutionary medium."
SOURCE United News & Media
/CONTACT: Ricardo Tejada of United News & Media, +44-171-921-5031/
/Web site: unm.com
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