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The Company’s other print products compete with a variety of newspapers, including regional and national publications,
as well as with a wide variety of other media outlets, including the Internet, radio, magazines and television (including
over-the-air reception, cable, DBS and Internet), for readers and advertising revenue.
PNS competes for audiences and advertising revenues with television and radio stations, cable television systems and
video services offered by telephone companies serving the same or nearby areas; with DBS services; and, to a lesser
degree, with other media, such as newspapers and magazines. Cable television systems operate in substantially all of the
areas served by the Company’s television stations, where they compete for television viewers by importing out-of-market
television signals; by distributing pay-cable, advertiser-supported and other programming that is originated for cable
systems; and by offering movies and other programming on a pay-per-view basis. In addition, DBS services provide
nationwide distribution of television programming, including pay-per-view programming and programming packages
unique to DBS, using digital transmission technologies. The Company’s television stations may also become subject to
increased competition from low-power television stations, wireless cable services and satellite master antenna systems,
which can carry pay-cable and similar program material. In addition, movies and television programming are available
free of charge on the websites of the major TV networks, as well as on the advertising-supported website Hulu.
The home health and hospice industries are extremely competitive and fragmented, consisting of both for-profit and non-
profit companies. Celtic competes primarily with privately owned and hospital-operated home health and hospice service
providers.
Executive Officers
The executive officers of the Company, each of whom is elected annually by the Board of Directors, are as follows:
Donald E. Graham, age 67, has been Chairman of the Board of the Company since September 1993 and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company since May 1991. Mr. Graham served as President of the Company from May 1991
until September 1993 and prior to that had been a Vice President of the Company for more than five years. Mr. Graham
also served as Publisher of the Post from 1979 until September 2000 and as Chairman of the Post from September 2000
to February 2008.
Veronica Dillon, age 63, became a Senior Vice President of the Company in June 2008 and Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of the Company in January 2007. Ms. Dillon began her career with the Company in January
1991 as corporate counsel at Kaplan, Inc. She was subsequently named General Counsel at Kaplan in June 1995 and
then served as Kaplan’s Chief Administrative Officer beginning in December 2003.
Hal S. Jones, age 60, became Chief Financial Officer of the Company in January 2009 and Senior Vice President–Finance
of the Company in November 2008. He had most recently been Chief Executive Officer of Kaplan Professional, responsible
for Kaplan’s professional businesses in financial services, real estate, technology and engineering in the U.S. and the U.K.
Mr. Jones has spent 22 years at the Company and Kaplan, serving in a variety of senior management positions with a focus
on finance, auditing and accounting.
Ann L. McDaniel, age 57, became Senior Vice President–Human Resources of the Company in June 2008 and was
formerly Vice President–Human Resources of the Company since September 2001. She served as Managing Director of
Newsweek, Inc., from January 2008 until the sale of Newsweek magazine in September 2010. Ms. McDaniel had
previously served as Senior Director of Human Resources of the Company since January 2001 and before that held
various editorial positions at Newsweek.
Gerald M. Rosberg, age 66, became Senior Vice President–Planning and Development of the Company in June 2008
and was formerly Vice President–Planning and Development of the Company since February 1999. He had previously
served as Vice President–Affiliates at the Post, a position he assumed in November 1997. Mr. Rosberg joined the
Company in January 1996 as the Post’s Director of Affiliate Relations.
Wallace R. Cooney, age 50, became Vice President–Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company in June
2008. Mr. Cooney joined the Company in 2001 as Controller and prior to that had been with Gannett Co., Inc. and
Price Waterhouse LLP.
Employees
The Company and its subsidiaries employ approximately 17,000 people on a full-time basis.
Worldwide, Kaplan employs approximately 11,000 people on a full-time basis. Kaplan also employs substantial
numbers of part-time employees who serve in instructional and administrative capacities. During peak seasonal periods,
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