Richard Procida, circulation director for the Utica Observer-Dispatch, has been named publisher of Messenger Post Media in Canandaigua. Both operations are owned by GateHouse Media.
Procida began his newspaper career in 1981 at the Poughkeepsie Journal, working in various roles over 17 years. He subsequently was circulation manager for the Journal News in Westchester County and then the Palladium Item in Richmond, Ind., before joining the Observer-Dispatch, which GateHouse acquired from Gannett in 2007.
He starts work as publisher of Messenger Post Media on April 8.
Messenger Post Media is a multimedia operation serving communities in the Rochester region with a daily paper in Canandaigua and several weeklies, as well as extensive commercial print operations.
Richard Procida, circulation director for the Utica Observer-Dispatch, has been named publisher of Messenger Post Media in Canandaigua. Both operations are owned by GateHouse Media.
Procida began his newspaper career in 1981 at the Poughkeepsie Journal, working in various roles over 17 years. He subsequently was circulation manager for the Journal News in Westchester County and then the Palladium Item in Richmond, Ind., before joining the Observer-Dispatch, which GateHouse acquired from Gannett in 2007.
He starts work as publisher of Messenger Post Media on April 8.
Messenger Post Media is a multimedia operation serving communities in the Rochester region with a daily paper in Canandaigua and several weeklies, as well as extensive commercial print operations.
