Hearst Names Jeff Nosek as Senior Vice President of MOTOR Information Systems

TROY, Mich., April 1, 2016 -- MOTOR Information Systems today announced the appointment of Jeff Nosek as Senior Vice President of Sales at MOTOR. The announcement was made by Tom Cross, Hearst Business Media's Executive Vice President and Deputy Group Head – Transportation and Kevin Carr, President of MOTOR. MOTOR is a company within Hearst Business Media, a unit of Hearst. The appointment is effective immediately.

In his new role, Nosek will lead the national and retail sales teams and will report to Carr. Nosek joins MOTOR from CDK Global, where he was most recently Vice President of CDK's North American Data Services organization. While at CDK he was responsible for more than doubling the Data Services business revenue while working with manufacturers and the allied industry.

"MOTOR is committed to providing our prospects and customers with exceptional levels of service and innovation," Carr said. "Jeff's outstanding track record of growing revenue will further strengthen MOTOR's position in the market."

Prior to CDK Global, Nosek was Director of Sales at Digital Motorworks Inc., and held various sales and sales management roles with Compuware. He holds a Bachelor or Science degree from Central Michigan University. "I am excited and honored to be joining MOTOR and the Hearst Business Media organization," Nosek said. "MOTOR's strength in parts, service, and labor data delivered via a web service creates a formidable combination in the industry.  MOTOR is poised for growth as it solves an increasingly broad and complex range of issues faced by today's service advisors and technicians."

"I'm delighted to welcome him to our senior management team," Carr said. "Jeff's experience and leadership will help us build on MOTOR's strong momentum and future expansion."

About MOTOR

The world's premier supplier of automotive data, MOTOR's mission since 1903 has been to provide customers with unbiased, accurate, authoritative and reliable information in consistent easy-to-use formats.

About Hearst Business Media

Hearst Business Media, an operating group of Hearst, is a global technology leader delivering information, insights, analytics, and workflow solutions to meet worldwide needs in the finance, healthcare and transportation markets. Its holdings include renowned brands such as Fitch Group, a leading global ratings agency; the Hearst Health network of market-leading healthcare companies First Databank, Zynx, MCG and Homecare Homebase, which provide care guidance to patients, hospitals, and insurers; and Black Book, MOTOR Information Services and Canadian Black Book, the premier suppliers of automotive data. Hearst Business Media companies have offices in more than 30 countries.

About Hearst

Hearst (www.hearst.com) is one of the nation's largest diversified media and information companies. Its major interests include ownership of 15 daily and 34 weekly newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union; hundreds of magazines around the world, including Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, ELLE and O, The Oprah Magazine; 31 television stations, which reach a combined 18 percent of U.S. viewers; ownership in leading cable networks, including Lifetime, A&E, HISTORY and ESPN; significant holdings in automotive, electronics and medical/pharmaceutical business information companies; a 50 percent stake in global ratings agency Fitch Group; Internet and marketing services businesses; television production; newspaper features distribution; and real estate.