steve staloch

president and chief executive officer

About

A dynamic entrepreneur and hands-on creative collaborator recognized as a highly effective leader of people in both the trenches and the top echelons of management, driven by the overriding objective of maximizing market share and improving operating margins. A visionary marketer and pioneer of game-changing technology concepts who is well versed in the forensic and practical analysis of most operational processes. Accomplished in all areas of executive management including negotiating synergistic mergers and acquisitions, developing action plans for start-up ventures and top to bottom turnarounds. Broad-based expertise includes strategic planning, internal and external content generation, budget processes and reporting, P&L management, social media, guerilla marketing, multi-media advertising, uncompromising and superior customer relation practices, product distribution, transportation, and various forms of product production.

Country

united states

City

green bay

Industry

publishing

Skill

digital media, advertising, publishing, newspapers, editing, social media, social media marketing, new media, journalism, media relations, entrepreneurship, publications, content management, marketing strategy, magazines, storytelling, public relations, blogging, content strategy, marketing communications, newspaper, strategic communications, news writing, press releases, content paywalls, marketing

Experience

senior vice president and coo, regional publisher

pacific-sierra publishing company

2000-1 - 2004-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

executive vice president and director of sales and marketing

port arthur newspapers

1981-7 - 1989-6 · 8 yrs

president and publisher; wisconsin law journal, the daily reporter

the dolan company

2015-5 - 2015-10 · 6 mos

co-founder, senior vice president and coo, regional publisher

mainstreet media group

2004-2 - 2013-8 · 9 yrs 7 mos

executive vice president and coo, regional publisher

independent media group

1991-8 - 2000-1 · 8 yrs 6 mos

general manager

longview newspapers

1989-2 - 1991-7 · 2 yrs 6 mos

president and chief executive officer

digitollmedia

2011-2 - Present · 15 yrs 8 mos

consultant, board of directors

verican

2012-9 - 2019-10 · 7 yrs 2 mos

Verican’s world-class Internet products help publishers leverage the Internet to better serve local readers and advertisers. Verican’s Internet solutions are specifically designed to complement a newspaper’s print and website products, thus enabling them to provide a one-stop advertising solution for local businesses. This integrated print and Internet solution can create significant profits and help protect newspapers from losing market share to the Internet giants while enabling them to take market share from competitors (yellow pages, radio, television, direct mail, etc.). For more than seven years Verican has been providing Internet products to publishers, and now has more than 200 customers throughout the world.