Robert T. Kovalesky Sr. Named Executive Vice President and General Manager of News America Marketing Merchandising Services

    NEW YORK, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert T. Kovalesky Sr. has been named
 Executive Vice President and General Manager of News America Marketing
 Merchandising Services, a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE:   NWS, NWS.A),
 announced NAM Chairman and Chief Executive Paul V. Carlucci.
     Mr. Kovalesky will be responsible for all aspects of the in-store
 marketing and merchandising programs the Company provides for Fortune 500
 packaged goods manufacturers and retailers.
     "Rob Kovalesky is one of the most respected executives in his field," said
 Mr.  Carlucci.  "We are pleased that he will lead the Merchandising Services
 area ,  which offers the industry's most comprehensive range of products and
 services for manufacturers and retailers to cost-effectively increase sales."
     Mr. Kovalesky was promoted from his previous position as Senior Vice
 President, Regional Sales Manager for News America Marketing's SmartSource
 Magazine and In-Store programs and services.  He joined the Company in 1992 as
 Group Sales Manager for the national launch of the Coupon Machine Program.
     Prior to joining News America Marketing, Mr. Kovalesky was Vice President,
 Sales & Marketing Consulting with Glendinning Associates, which specialized in
 strategic Category Management, Customer Marketing and Trade Promotion
 Productivity plans. He began his career in sales with Procter & Gamble, where
 he held increasingly significant sales and management positions.
 
     News America Marketing is a subsidiary of News Corporation Limited.  The
 company's product portfolio, marketed under the Smart Source brand name,
 consists of the first branded free-standing insert, known as SmartSource
 Magazine, various in-store advertising and promotional products, merchandising
 services and turnkey telephone promotions.  These products and services allow
 marketers to deliver a brand message to over 200 million consumers each month
 via a network of 640 newspapers and 33,000 supermarket, drug and mass
 merchandisers locations across the country.  The SmartSource iGroup, a
 subsidiary of News America Marketing, manages News America's digital marketing
 businesses and Internet access through SmartSource.com.  News America
 Marketing has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia
 and South America.
 
 

SOURCE  News America Marketing