New publisher appointed for Kentucky newspapers

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Kevin Smith is the new publisher of The Advocate-Messenger in Danville, Kentucky, and The Winchester Sun.

He also will manage several other sister papers in the state, including The Interior Journal in Stanford, The Jessamine Journal, The Harlan Enterprise and The Middlesboro News, along with the The Claiborne County Progress in Tazewell, Tennessee.

Smith has 25 years of experience in several different media segments. He has been in the newspaper industry for the last 13 years and most recently oversaw three daily newspapers in Virginia: The News & Advance in Lynchburg, The Danville Register & Bee and The Martinsville Bulletin.

Read more about his appointment in The Advocate-Messenger

Kevin Smith, The Advocate-Messenger-Danville