Veteran newspaper executive named publisher at The News & Advance

Bob MacPherson, a veteran newspaper publisher and executive, has been appointed publisher of The News & Advance in Lynchburg, Va.

MacPherson, who had been based in Roanoke as regional controller for BH Media Virginia Community Newspaper Group, assumed his new role May 16. He succeeds Alton Brown, who has been named regional vice president of BH Media's North Carolina Group, which includes newspapers in Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Hickory.

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