Scott EmbryTwo news media veterans have joined the Chattanooga Times Free Press as the newspaper continues to grow and adapt across its digital and print platforms.
Scott Embry, formerly president of the digital marketing agency King & Columbus in Charleston, South Carolina, has been named director of advertising for the Times Free Press. Hampton Rogers, a former regional sales manager for the Gannett/USA Today Network in Texas, is the new director of audience at the Chattanooga newspaper.
Jeff DeLoach, president of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, said the new executives bring decades of diverse experience in the media industry to their new jobs and will be instrumental in continuing the digital transformation of the Times Free Press in serving readers and advertisers in the changing media landscape.
“This is our 150th year and I feel very fortunate to be a part of our organization during such an anniversary celebration and to be adding these key individuals to our executive team,” DeLoach said. “Our intention is to make sure we are doing today the things we need to do to ensure another 150 years of serving our community.”
Embry joined the Chattanooga newspaper last month after previously serving as advertising director for The Post and Courier newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina and The Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina. In those roles, Embry helped establish and lead two digital advertising agencies – Liberty Point Media in North Carolina and King & Columbus in South Carolina.