There have been many changes in the newspaper business in British Columbia in the last two years and a significant one recently in the Tri-Cities.
With the closure of the Tri-Cities Now, a Glacier Media sister newspaper of The Tri-City News, on Oct. 2, Shannon Balla, the former Now publisher has assumed the same position with The Tri-City News. She takes over from Nigel Lark, a lifelong newspaperman who had been The News’ publisher since 2009.
Balla, who started her newspaper career in 1995 as a classified sales rep, was previously publisher of The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times.
Balla is joined on the The Tri-City News’ management team — which also includes editor Richard Dal Monte, circulation manager Kim Yorston and production manager Matt Blair — by the new director of advertising, Michelle Baniulis, who held the same title at the Burnaby and New Westminster NewsLeader newspapers and previously worked in sales at The Tri-City News and The Maple Ridge News. Baniulis takes over from longtime News advertising sales manager Don Layfield, who has retired.
You can reach Balla at [email protected].
