In Brief

Tribune Co. named Steve Gable executive vice president/chief technology officer; David Eldersveld senior vice president/deputy counsel and corporate secretary; Dan Kazan senior vice president, development; and Naomi Sachs senior vice president, strategy. Tribune’s publishing unit named Vince Casanova senior vice president, circulation.

Barbara Rosenberger, production director at The Reporter in Fond du Lac, Wis., and Bill Taylor, operations director at the Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat, were awarded President’s Rings by Gannett Co. Inc. for outstanding performance in 2008.

Goss International Corp. said Ian Buckley, operations director for its Preston, England, facility, will now have overall responsibility for the vendor’s Lifetime Support program in the United Kingdom. Service managers Peter Banks and David Tootle will oversee commercial and newspaper customers, respectively, and Goss said it has combined the installation and service departments. Finally, David Russell was named to manage parts supply and procurement.

Atex said Latin American reseller Suita Sistemas will market and support its CMS and digital asset management software in the southern states of Brazil.
www.atex.com

MediaOne, which publishes The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret Morning News, hired Strategic Marketing Enterprises to handle its circulation customer service. SME said service will be provided by Caribbean-based KM Solutions.
www.strategicme.com

The New York Times relaunched its real estate portal, offering users more comprehensive search.
The site is based on software from Gabriels Technology Solutions. Gabriels said it used Endeca’s Information Access Platform software to beef up the site’s search capabilities.
www.gabriels.net

The Washington Times last week launched a radio newscast in partnership with local CBS affiliate WHFS 1580 AM. The two-minute “top of the hour” segments showcase exclusive Times content and original, investigative reporting from the paper’s newsroom.
www.washingtontimes.com

The Pantagraph in Bloomington, Ill., rolled out social networking features anchored by Social Market 2.0 software from ThePort Network Inc. New features include support for blogging, posting comments and “friending” other users.
www.theportnetwork.com

Sun Chemical launched a new corporate Web site that offers improved navigation and provides additional information about the vendor’s products and services.
www.sunchemical.com

Goss International Corp. said it completed a web-width reduction project on four presses operated by El Nuevo Dia in Puerto Rico. END publishes two daily newspapers with a combined circulation in excess of 350,000 copies.
www.gossinternational.com

Representatives of World Association of Newspapers and PPF Group launched the International Multimedia News Lab in Prague. The training and educational center, combined, with the editorial house, is called FUTUROOM – newsroom of the future.
The project focuses on addressing the financial and competitive challenges facing the newspaper industry, the organizations said.
www.wan-press.org