Tom Mulgrew and Frank Yetter To Share Senior Vice President, Global Sales Manager Position at Business Wire

NEW YORK--Tom Mulgrew and Frank Yetter will share the position of senior vice president, global sales manager at Business Wire, it was announced by Cathy Baron Tamraz, CEO and president, at the company's recently concluded international sales meeting.

Mulgrew was previously senior vice president, US sales, where he was responsible for the sales effort in Business Wire's 24 domestic offices. He joined the company in 1985 as regional manager of the Nashville office. Prior to Business Wire, Tom was a reporter for The Tennessean, Nashville.

Yetter was previously senior vice president Northeast region where he oversaw the operations of nine Business Wire bureaus (Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Seattle and Silicon Valley). He joined the company in 1996 as a regional manager for the Boston office. Prior to Business Wire, Frank was publisher, one of many positions held, at Community Newspaper Company, Needham, Massachusetts, where his career spanned more than 12 years.

"The global sales effort is such a massive undertaking that it has grown to be a two-headed monster and there is no better complementary pairing than Tom and Frank," said Tamraz. "They are both seasoned and professional sales people with a great understanding of our markets and an uncanny ability to motivate our very professional sales team."

Tom, who resides in Nashville with his wife and two children, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from McGill University, Montreal and Frank, who resides in Marblehead, MA with his wife and two daughters, received a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

About Business Wire

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.