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Southern Wine & Spirits of America Appoints Tony Truzzolino Senior Vice President, Sales for Beam Bu

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Southern Wine & Spirits of America Appoints Tony Truzzolino Senior Vice President, Sales for Beam Business

Industry Veteran to Focus on Further Growing Beam Portfolio

MIAMI & DEERFIELD, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Beam Inc. (NYS: BEAM) , the leading American spirits company, and Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc. (Southern), the nation’s leading wine and spirits distributor and control state broker, are pleased to announce jointly the appointment of Tony Truzzolino to Southern Wine & Spirits as Senior Vice President, Sales for the Beam portfolio. Truzzolino joins Southern from Beam where he most recently served as General Sales Manager, Southern Region, overseeing the 31 states in the U.S. where Southern Wine & Spirits is Beam’s distributor partner.

In his new role at Southern, effective May 1, Truzzolino will report directly to Brad Vassar, Executive Vice President, General Manager of Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc., and will be responsible for accelerating the growth of Beam’s portfolio, including Jim Beam® Bourbon, Sauza™ Tequila, Canadian Club® Whisky, Courvoisier® Cognac, Maker’s Mark® Bourbon, Pinnacle® Vodka, Skinnygirl® Cocktails and more.

“Tony Truzzolino has been an invaluable member of our Beam team for the past 10 years. He has a sharp ability to get results and motivate his team to success, which has been a key driver of our ability to grow and become one of the largest share gainers in the U.S. marketplace,” said Bill Newlands, President of Beam North America. “I am confident that Tony will be an outstanding addition to the Southern Wine & Spirits family working directly with us to ensure focused prioritization and results on our existing brands and new innovations as we drive accelerated growth throughout the country. With Tony’s key leadership appointment, we now have the best of both worlds, and it only further strengthens our relationship with Southern.”

“We are pleased to be Beam’s single largest distributor partner, and we continue to look for unique opportunities to further partner together in driving mutual growth,” added Brad Vassar. “We look forward to Tony Truzzolino joining our Southern team to focus on the Beam portfolio—leveraging his depth of talent and expertise. With Tony in this critical leadership position, along with our dedicated team of portfolio managers throughout the U.S., we are well positioned for the future.”

Truzzolino brings nearly 30 years of experience in the industry, including the past decade …read more

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LIN Media Announces Kristina Lockwood's Return to KHON-TV in Honolulu, HI as President & General Man

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LIN Media Announces Kristina Lockwood’s Return to KHON-TV in Honolulu, HI as President & General Manager

PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– LIN Media (NYS: TVL) , a local multimedia company, today announced the appointment of Kristina Lockwood as President and General Manager of KHON-TV, the local FOX affiliate, and KHON-D2, the CW local affiliate, in Honolulu, HI.

Kristina Lockwood, President & General Manager at KHON-TV in Honolulu, HI (Photo: Business Wire)

Ms. Lockwood returns to the station after having served as National Sales Manager in 2004. Most recently, she was Director of Sales Statewide at Cox Media’s California division. During her six-year tenure, she led the sales teams to achieve high levels of performance, managed several key client relationships and focused on driving core revenues, increasing digital revenues, growing market share, and developing talent. Prior to that, Ms. Lockwood spent over a decade in sales management positions at local television stations in the Honolulu market, including National Sales Manager of KITV-TV, the local ABC affiliate, General Sales Manager of KGMB-TV, the local CBS affiliate, and National Sales Manager of KHON-TV, where she increased national business sales for one of the top television stations in the market. In 1999, she received her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu.

Ms. Lockwood will report to Scott Blumenthal, LIN Media’s Executive Vice President Television. In announcing the appointment, Mr. Blumenthal said, “We are excited to have Kristina back at KHON-TV. She is an outstanding broadcast executive with strong roots in Honolulu. Her unique blend of sales experience in both television and digital media, leadership skills and strong relationships make her an ideal candidate for this position and for advancing our key initiatives.”

“I am thrilled to be returning to KHON-TV and the island that I have called home for many years,” said Ms. Lockwood. “This is a terrific opportunity to work for a company that is committed to investing in its people, products and community. I am eager to work with the talented staff at KHON-TV and apply my forward-thinking approach to sales, news and community involvement to lead KHON-TV and KHON-D2 to new levels.”

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LIN Media is a local multimedia company that operates or services 43 television stations and seven digital channels in 23 U.S. markets, along with a diverse portfolio of web sites, …read more
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