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Mishawaka, IN-based Schurz has Promoted Scott C. Schurz as Vice President of Human Resources
About the Company
Based in Mishawaka, Indiana, Schurz Communications, Inc. is a diversified privately-owned, nationwide communications company. The company publishes eleven daily and eight weekly newspapers in medium and small markets with a combined circulation of nearly 225,000. It also has ten television stations, owns thirteen radio stations and operates three others, owns four cable companies, and a phone directory. Geographically, Schurz Communications has a presence in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia and Wyoming. It all began in 1872 when Alfred B. Miller and Elmer Crockett founded the South Bend, Ind. Tribune. The Tribune is still the flag-ship property and family members have held editor and publisher positions at the newspaper for five generations. Schurz Communications newspapers have a long tradition of editorial excellence, technical innovation and a commitment to the highest standards for quality and excellence in journalism. The company emerged as a broadcast pioneer in 1922 with the launching of WGAZ radio (now WSBT) in South Bend. WSBT television began broadcasting in 1952. Schurz Communications broadcast companies are leaders in their markets. The first property acquisition was the Herald-Mail in Hagerstown, Md. in 1960. Antietam Cable TV in Hagerstown was acquired in 1968. The first television acquisition was WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Va. in 1969. It moved into the commercial printing business in 2000 with the acquisition of Miller Rainbow Printing in Bedford, Indiana. Schurz Communications, Inc. is a Mishawaka based news and information company, which consists of seven business segments: Broadcasting Radio, Broadcasting TV, Cable TV, Newspaper Publishing and Digital Media. Our corporate executives and management personnel are: Franklin D. Schurz, Jr., Chairman & Director, Scott C. Schurz, Sr., Vice Chairman & Director, Todd F. Schurz, President and CEO & Director, David Ray, Vice President & Director, Scott C. Schurz, Director, Gary N. Hoipkemier, Senior Vice President & CFO, Marci Burdick, Senior Vice President – Electronic, Kerry Oslund, Senior Vice President – Publishing and Emerging Media, Cory Bollinger, Vice President of Publishing, Michelle Wright, Vice President of Information Technology, JB Ozuna, Vice President of Digital, Scott Schurz Jr., Vice President of Corporate Development, Charles D. Lynds, Director of Strategic Marketing, Gesumino A. Agostino, Vice President & Corporate Controller, Melissa Lock, Director of Human Resources, Sean Miller, HR Operations Manager, and Carol Shultz, Financial Shared Services Manager. Our companies put great emphasis on seeking the truth and sharing it with others. Our purpose is to provide a better understanding of the world, so that our readers, viewers and users are more informed and can positively impact our communities and society.
About the Person
\r\n Scott C. Schurz Jr. was named Schurz Communications, Inc. Vice President of Corporate Development in July 2014. Schurz Communications, Inc. is a communications media holding company located in Mishawaka, Indiana. Schurz Communications, Inc. holds interests in media properties including newspapers, radio, television, cable and shoppers in fourteen states. Schurz is responsible for the company’s strategic initiatives, including activities, alignment, transparency, working relationships, synergies and execution. He began his employment with Schurz Communications, Inc. (SCI) in 1993 as a sports writer for The Herald-Times in Bloomington, Ind. In June 1994, Schurz became an advertising executive at the Associated Desert Shoppers in Palm Desert, Calif. He returned to South Bend, Ind., in February 1995 where he held various sales, circulation and management positions for SCI, the South Bend Tribune, WSBT-TV, WSBT-AM and WNSN-FM. He assumed the role of general manager for special publications at the Tribune in February 2003. Two years later, in January 2005, Schurz became assistant publisher at The Advocate-Messenger. Schurz was named editor and publisher of The Advocate-Messenger in Danville, Ky., in June 2006, and he assumed responsibility for all Schurz properties in Central Kentucky on January 1, 2007. Besides the Danville newspaper, those properties include two weeklies, The Interior Journal of Stanford and The Jessamine Journal of Nicholasville, and another daily, The Winchester Sun. His corporate responsibilities have included the SCI board of directors, the SCI Acquisition Committee, the SCI Governance Committee, the SCI Audit Committee and the SCI Strategic Planning Task Force, of which he has served as chairman. He is a member of the Schurz Family Council and has served as chair of the Family Employment Committee. Schurz was president and director of Advocate Communications Inc., a subsidiary of SCI, and president and officer of the Advocate Brass Band. He has been both the in-house NAA Partners Program process guardian and the in-house United Way chairman at the South Bend Tribune. Schurz has served locally on the Danville Library Inc. board, the Heart of Kentucky United Way board, South Bend Symphony Orchestra board, the Connect board, and the Danville-Boyle County Chamber of Commerce Small Business Committee. He has also served on the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association board and the Inland Press Foundation Family Owners Committee. Schurz currently serves on the RedPost board, the Kentucky Press Association board (as president) and the Centre College President’s Advisory Council. He is a graduate of the 2006-2007 class of Leadership Boyle County and a graduate of the 1996-1997 class of Leadership South Bend/Mishawaka. Schurz was born in Bloomington, Ind., on January 1, 1969. He holds both a Bachelor of Arts (1991) and a Master of Business Administration (2004) from the University of Notre Dame. Schurz and his wife Stephanie have two children, Scott (Trey) III, 11, and Daniel, 10.\r\n
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