Article: 1st female publisher appointed at Beacon: Mathewson receives promotion after Moss unexpectedly resigns.

Byline: Betty Lin-Fisher

Jun. 8--The Akron Beacon Journal has its first female publisher in its 168-year history.

Andrea Mathewson, vice president of production at the Beacon Journal and a 29-year veteran of the paper, was promoted to publisher effective Thursday after Edward Moss unexpectedly resigned.

Advertising Vice President Alton Brown also was promoted to the new position of executive vice president and general manager.

Moss, 52, who was named publisher last August shortly after the Beacon Journal was bought by Black Press Ltd. of Canada, said he could not give much detail about his plans or whether he was leaving Akron, other ...

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