Adicio appoints Tony Lee to senior level positions

Adicio, the Internetís leading developer of Web-based classified-advertising solutions, today announced the appointment of Tony Lee to the newly created positions of chief alliance officer and executive vice president of East Coast Operations. Adicioóformerly CareerCastódevelops interactive classified-advertising software solutions for the careers, real-estate and motors markets, and powers more than 200 client Web sites from the Internetís leading media companies and trade associations.

Mr. Lee joins Adicio from Dow Jones & Company, where he was publisher of The Wall Street Journal Online Vertical Network, which included CareerJournal.com, RealEstateJournal.com and OpinionJournal.com. Mr. Leeís duties at Dow Jones also included the development of several hundred partner relationships with a wide range of media, software and Internet companies.

ìTony Lee is a seasoned and very successful veteran in the industry, and we are excited about him joining our management team to help drive Adicioís success,î said Rick Miller, chief executive officer, Adicio. ìWhen we created a separate organization for our networks, we needed a real visionary to take the helm. Tony brings vast experience to our network operations with his long experience in running vertical sites for Dow Jones & Company and The Wall Street Journal. Our clients in major media will benefit as we find new ways to help them work together to attract clients, build revenue and increase their visitor traffic.î

Mr. Leeís responsibilities will include oversight of Adicioís Network Operations that includes the CareerCast National Network and the CareerCast Job Cross-Posting Network, which offer recruiting professionals the ability to post job opportunities into both the local database of each participating affiliate career site, as well as into the CareerCast National Network database. Participating sites in both the National Network and the Cross-Posting Network in major markets include The New York Times, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Milwaukee Journal, the Seattle Times, the Orange County Register, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Daily Oklahoman, the Columbus Dispatch and The Wall Street Journal,.

The Networks also include more than a 100 mid- to small-market daily newspaper and broadcast media career sites in 30 states, including such media companies as American Lawyer Media, Calkins Newspapers, E.W. Scripps Co., Freedom Communications, Landmark Communications, Lee Enterprises, The McClatchy Co., Media General, New York Times Regional Newspapers, Ottaway Newspapers, Stephens Media Group and Dow Jones & Company,.

Mr. Lee, who will be based in New Jersey, also will be responsible for identifying and establishing relationships with providers of services, tools, advertising and content that can be leveraged to help Adicio clients enhance their product offerings and boost revenue generation.

ìIíve been a big fan and supporter of Rick Miller and the Adicio teamís industry-leading technology for many years,î said Mr. Lee, who has served as chairman of the Adicio board of directors for the past three years, helping to oversee Dow Jonesí minority investment in the firm. ìCareerJournal.com was Adicioís first client, and to watch as the company has evolved so intelligently and successfully has been very exciting. Iím extremely pleased that I can now help contribute even more directly to Adicioís success by working closely with the companyís management team and its clients to further develop and enhance its online recruitment, real-estate and automotive businesses.î

Mr. Lee is a board member of the Newspaper Association of Americaís New Media Federation, as well as the Association of Career Professionals. He is formerly editor in chief of the National Business Employment Weekly and of Managing Your Career, both published by Dow Jones & Company, and is co-author of ìThe Jobs Rated Almanacî (2002, Barricade) and ìCareer Choice, Change and Challengeî (2000, JIST Pub.).

Mr. Lee appears often as a career-guidance authority on television and radio programs produced by NBC, FOX, CNBC, ABC, CNN, WCBS and The Wall Street Journal, and is a frequent conference speaker in the U.S. and internationally. He has written numerous articles for The Wall Street Journal, including the ìManaging Your Careerî column, and his articles have appeared in hundreds of U.S. newspapers and magazines.

Mr. Lee earned a masterís degree in journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and a bachelorís degree in global issues and communications at Regis University in Denver. He and his wife and two daughters live in Mercer County, N.J.