Bob Kempf serves as VP of Interactive Media for Enterprise NewsMedia a company with 2 daily newspapers and 15 weekly newspapers in the metropolitan Boston area. Previously he was Director of Internet Product Development for Ottaway Newspapers, Inc, a subsidiary of Dow Jones. In this roll, he was responsible for guiding the company’s strategy for, and implementation of Internet products and corresponding business models.
Bob joined the Cape Cod Times in December 1999 as Internet Advertising Sales Manager. In January 2001 he became Internet Business Development Manager and was responsible for overall management of CapeCodOnline.com along with the company’s web development services.
Bob brings a broad-based media business background to the newspaper business. Prior to coming on board he was an independent Internet business development consultant. He also taught at Emerson College and Massachusetts Communications College. Bob first became involved with ecommerce and website development in 1995 while implementing alternative distribution strategies for his record label. He also has an extensive background in book publishing, having been Sales, Marketing and National Accounts Manager at Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston.
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