Monster Appoints Boston Globe Veteran to Drive Sales for Small and Medium Sized Business Sectors

Monster, the global online careers site and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc, announced the appointment of Peter Newton as Senior Vice President, Small and Medium Business. Mr. Newton, a long-time newspaper industry veteran, moves to the leading company in global online recruitment industry after an 18-year career at The Boston Globe, where he most recently held the position of Vice President of Advertising.



In his new role, Mr. Newton will be responsible for overseeing and directing the entire Monster sales force dedicated to growing the companyís small- and medium-sized business (SMB) sales channel. Mr. Newton will be tasked with growing and expanding Monsterís already successful business in key local markets throughout the United States.

With the continued secular shift in help wanted advertising from print to online, Peterís decision to join Monster exemplifies the fact that we continue to attract the recruitment industryís top talent. Peterís expertise in help-wanted advertising sales and impressive tenure at The Boston Globe make him the clear choice to drive the continued growth of Monsterís small and medium-sized sales efforts, said Steve Pogorzelski, President of Monster, North America. We expect Peterís extensive experience in effectively leading a large sales force and proven track record of consistently generating increased sales to contribute greatly toward realizing Monsterís future growth potential.

While serving at The Boston Globe, Mr. Newton was named President of BostonWorks, the recruitment services division launched by The Globe in 2001. Before and after his time as President of BostonWorks, Mr. Newton was vice president of advertising for the newspaper. Prior to holding this position, he was manager of advertising administration for the newspaperís advertising department, and before that served as an assistant controller. Previously, Mr. Newton also served as an internal audit manager with The Boston Globeís parent company, then Affiliated Publications, Inc., and before that, worked at Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Newton is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.