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ON MESSAGE; IS TRADITIONAL ADVERTISING AN ENDANGERED SPECIES? FOOTWEAR NEWS GATHERS FOUR LEADING AGENCY EXECS TO DISCUSS THE BREAKNECK CHANGES IN TODAY'S AD LANDSCAPE.
- 2005-08-01
Byline: Brian Russak This spring, industry bible Advertising Age heralded the death of advertising as we know it. Longtime columnist Bob Garfield's opus, "The Chaos Scenario," explored a not-so-distant future in which traditional marketing would become all but obsolete -- and...
A new presidential face at Thomson Gale: Gordon T. Macomber: early in April 2004, Thomson Gale, the publishing entity formerly known as Gale Group, acquired a new president Gordon T. Macomber. His last name rhymes with slumber, which is not to suggest he'
- 2004-09-01
On the contrary, our attempts to connect for an interview were thwarted several times, usually because of his travel schedule as he visited with the various units that constitute Gale, but occasionally because of mine. Macomber comes from a solid electronic publishing background. Just...
BRANDING IDEAS AT MAGIC.(Brief Article)
- 2004-02-09
The much talked-about but often elusive goal of building brand cohesion will be the focus of an hour-long seminar at MAGIC later this month. The discussion will include five panelists from different corners of the fashion industry who will offer tips on drawing attention in an ...
This just in.(Late News)
- 2004-01-26
Gale Group CEO resigns Gale Group CEO Allen Paschal resigned last week. Paschal, who led the Farmington Hills-based business owned by Thomson Corp. since Thomson merged three of its entities in 1998, could not be reached for comment. Dana...
This Just In.
- 2003-12-15
Blue Care to consolidate 800 workers in Southfield In one of the biggest office leases of the year, Blue Care Network of Michigan plans to consolidate more than 800 local office workers in the Allied Center building in Southfield. Blue Care Netw...
Gale introduces virtual reference database and faster way to search InfoTrac journals.(New/Improved Databases)(Gale Group's Virtual Reference Library)
- 2003-11-01
Gale has announced the release of Gale Virtual Reference Library, a new program that integrates electronic reference books in an easy-to-use database interface. It allows libraries to select from an initial collection of more than 50 reference sources, including encyclopedias, almanacs, and series, to create a...
MEDIA BANK: SPONSORED DRAMA...RENEWED TRIBE...REFRESHER COURSE.(includes multiple marketing briefs)
- 2003-10-13
SPONSORED DRAMA: Some crazy stuff going down in the high-stakes world of super athlete endorsement deals. Reebok is now keeping very officially mum about actually inking its rumored deal with the NBA's Yao Ming after courting the mainstream press two weeks ago about its imminence. Meanwhile,...
Implications of expanded library electronic reference collections: from my vantage point, the movement from paper library reference works to electronic products is picking up speed.
- 2003-09-01
That vantage point is as systems librarian at the Patrick Power Library of Saint Mary's University in Nova Scotia on the Canadian east coast. I have been involved in developing online library resources since before the emergence of the World Wide Web, and I teach students ...
PRIDE AND JOY.(Brief Article)
- 2003-08-18
NEW YORK -- In an intimate preview of Avirex's fall/holiday 2003 advertising campaign, Avirex and its New York/Los Angeles-based ad agency, Gale Group, recently shared its advertising-production experience with the press. Gathered at the American Air Power Museum in Farmingdale, N.Y., on Long Island,...
Gale, ProQuest hope to find new money in old documents.(News)(Gale Group launches new Eighteenth Century Collections Online)
- 2003-08-18
Byline: Jennette Smith Two local information companies are looking to boost revenue by offering researchers digitized books, documents and articles published more than two centuries ago. The Farmington Hills-based Gale Group is rolling out its E Byline: Jennette Smith ...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Patrick C Sommers | President |
| Dennis Stepaniak | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (Coo) |
| Ray Lowrey | Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (Cto) |
| Frank Menchaca | Executive Vice President, Publishing |
| Marc Bigelow | Senior Vice President, Human Resources |
| Gerri Elliott | Vice President |
| Jane Boulware | Vice President, Marketing |
| Orland Ayala | Group Vice President, Marketing and Sales |
| Peter Boit | Vice President |
| Jerry Reiss | General Manager |
| Mogens Elsberg | General Manager |
| Tracy Issel | General Manager |
| Brad Smith | Head of Legal Department |
| Ken Wachsberger | Editor |
| Stefan Grossman | Editor |
| Charles H Noski | Director |
| David Marquardt | Director |
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| Ann McLaughlin Korologos | Board of Directors |
| Ben Barkow | Board of Directors |
| Dan Stone | Board of Directors |
| Edmund King | Board of Directors |
| Fred Shapiro | Board of Directors |
| Joanna Bourke | Board of Directors |
| John Miller | Board of Directors |
| John Morrill | Board of Directors |
| Nicoletta Gullace | Board of Directors |
| Norman Jones | Board of Directors |
| Peter Bailey | Board of Directors |
| Richard Price | Board of Directors |
| Robert L Oakley | Board of Directors |
| Russell Jackson | Board of Directors |
| Simon McVeigh | Board of Directors |
| Tim Alborn | Board of Directors |
| Tom Cogswell | Board of Directors |
| Vanessa Toulmin | Board of Directors |
| William J Novak | Board of Directors |
Patrick C. Sommers is president of Gale, part of Cengage Learning, one of the world's leading information publishers. Mr. Sommers has more than 30 years of experience in building and growing successful companies that specialize in electronic information, services, software and other knowledge management solutions. Prior to joining Gale in October 2007, Mr. Sommers, as president and CEO of SirsiDynix from 2001 to 2007, grew a small software company into the world's largest library automation company. He served as president and CEO of the Dialog Corporation from1998 to 2001. Prior to joining Dialog, Mr. Sommers was chairman and CEO of Medicus Systems Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed healthcare technology software company from 1996 to1998. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Sommers served as president of Ceridian Employer Services, a Fortune 500 human resource and payroll company. He served from 1990 to 1992 as president of GTE Information Services, a technology and information company. From 1969 to 1990, Mr. Sommers was with Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Corporation, where he gained considerable experience in knowledge management and online information industries. At D&B, he worked in both the international division and in the corporate headquarters until his appointment in 1986 as president of D&B Information Resources Inc.
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