09/26/06

Ed McCullough named AP regional director for Latin America/Caribbean

NEW YORK -- Ed McCullough, regional manager for Southern Europe in the Global Newspaper Markets division of The Associated Press, has been appointed regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean.

McCullough will be based in Mexico City, where he will be responsible for business development, sales/marketing, and administration in Latin America and the Caribbean for the AP's newspaper and digital markets. He also will work with the U.S. Newspaper Markets team on North American Hispanic markets.

The appointment was announced Sept. 20 by Tom Brettingen, the AP's senior vice president of Global Newspaper Markets.

McCullough was chief of bureau for Iberia, based in Madrid, Spain, before becoming regional manager for Southern Europe, responsible for the AP's newspaper and digital business operations in Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal, in May 2005. Before that he was bureau chief for the Nordics/Baltics, based in Stockholm, Sweden, and for Venezuela, based in Caracas, for nine years.

He joined the AP in 1981 as a newsman in Albany, N.Y., and later served as sports writer in Buffalo, N.Y.; New York regional reporter in Washington, D.C.; World Desk editor; news editor for the Caribbean, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and news editor in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

McCullough has a bachelor's degree in international relations and a master's degree in economics, both from Georgetown University.

He succeeds Abner Katzman, who left the company.

Contact: Jack Stokes, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720