Sue Cross
Senior Vice President of Global New Media and U.S. Print and Broadcast Markets The Associated Press
scross@ap.org

Sue A. Cross, in her new role as senior vice president of Global New Media and U.S. Print/Broadcast Markets, has responsibility for sales to AP's domestic newspaper and broadcast customers as well as sales to all digital customers. She has been vice president/online for U.S. Newspaper Markets at The Associated Press since 2005, directing strategy, product development, business operations and online services for newspaper Web sites that collectively reach more than 60 million people a month. Cross, 47, led development of Money & Markets, AP's multimedia financial information service, helped launch AP's Online Video Network in 2006 and initiated redevelopment of AP's hosted online news. Based in Los Angeles, she served as regional vice president for the Western U.S. in 2004-2005 and expanded AP's services for the U.S. ethnic media market. From 1998 through 2003, she was chief of bureau for Los Angeles, overseeing international, national and state coverage from California and Nevada. She created a multimedia newsroom and expanded AP's West Coast entertainment report with a focus on real-time coverage of entertainment events. Cross served as AP's bureau chief in Phoenix, assistant bureau chief in Chicago, and news editor in Illinois and Texas. She joined the AP in Cincinnati in 1983, and also worked in the Columbus and Toledo, Ohio, and Juneau, Alaska, bureaus. Cross holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio State University and is active in number journalism and community boards and organizations.

David Saabye
Deputy Director
U.S. Online Newspapers
dsaabyel@ap.org

David Saabye is deputy director of U.S. online newspaper markets, based in New York.

Most recently, Saabye was corporate director of online services for the Journal Register Co. since 2005. In that position he led the company's online growth strategy and oversaw operations for more than 200 newspaper-affiliated Web sites. Saabye started his newspaper career in 1997 at Southern Rhode Island Newspapers as an editorial page designer. He is a graduate of the University of Vermont.

Kate Lee Butler
Business Development Director
U.S. Online Newspapers
kbutler@ap.org

Kate Butler was named Business Development Director in October 2005. Before that, she was assistant chief of bureau for The Associated Press in California and Nevada.

Before joining the Associated Press, Butler was senior business team leader at The Orange County Register in Santa Ana, California. She has been an editor at Bloomberg News in London and a reporter and editor at papers in California, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Jay Tuten
Hosted Product Manager
U.S. Online Newspapers
jtuten@ap.org

Jay Tuten was named Hosted Product Manager in June 2006. He was previously interactive content director for the LA News Group (LANG), of Media News Group Interactive. In that role, he oversaw the strategy and operations for the web sites of the LA Daily News, seven other southern California newspapers, plus a regional site, LA.com.

Elanit Friedman
Online Traffic Manager
U.S. Online Newspapers
efriedman@ap.org

Elanit Friedman was named online traffic manager, based in New York, in September 2007. Before that, she was the new media assistant for the online newspaper team. As online traffic manager, Friedman tracks and analyzes member sites and manages all advertising campaigns for AP's hosted product.

Before joining the Associated Press, Friedman worked as a reporter for a number of newspapers in southern California. She also has a background in crime and intelligence analysis.

She is a graduaate of the California State University, Northridge with a degree in Political Science and Journalism

AP Digital Advisory Committee
AP's Digital Advisory Committee serves as a sounding board for U.S. Online Newspapers, sharing feedback and ideas.