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Media Sales Executive Steve Walzer Named Business Wire's Chicago Regional ManagerSteve Walzer, a media sales executive with extensive experience servicing major accounts, has joined Business Wire as its Chicago regional manager, it was announced today. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160830005056/en/ 
Steve Walzer, regional manager, Business Wire, Chicago (Photo: Business Wire) Walzer began his career as an account executive at Pioneer Press Newspapers in suburban Chicago, eventually advancing to director, major retail advertising for its parent company, the Sun-Times News Group. He also led the major retail/national and category sales team at Paddock Publication's Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Most recently, Walzer served as director, inside sales and customer service for DRIFIRE, LLC. "Chicago is fortunate to have benefited from a steady succession of strong sales leaders, who made it one of Business Wire's most successful offices," said Ken Bouton, senior vice president, global sales, in making the announcement. "We expect the streak to continue, given Steve's proven sales management abilities and successful track record at regional media companies." Walzer also is intimately familiar with the public relations industry, having worked at Burson Marsteller early in his career. He got his start in sales at Wrigley Field, dispensing peanuts and popcorn. Walzer is among the Cub faithful hoping that this is the year that the team will win its first world championship since the 1908 season. A graduate of Indiana University (News - Alert), Walzer and his family live in Chicago's north shore suburbs. About Business Wire: Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is the global leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure. Investor relations, public relations, public policy and marketing professionals rely on Business Wire to accurately distribute market-moving news and multimedia, host online newsrooms and IR websites, build content marketing platforms, generate social engagements and provide audience analysis that improves interaction with specified target markets. Founded in 1961, Business Wire is a trusted source for news organizations, journalists, investment professionals and regulatory authorities, delivering news directly into editorial systems and leading online news sources via its multi-patented simultaneous NX Network. Business Wire has 29 offices worldwide to securely meet the varying needs of communications professionals and news consumers. In 2015, Business Wire teamed up with Al Roker Entertainment to create BizWireTV, a bi-weekly digital video news program that features the top trending news releases that cross the wire. Learn more at services.BusinessWire.com and Tempo, the Business Wire resource for industry trends; follow updates on Twitter (News - Alert): @businesswire or on Facebook. Click here to subscribe to Mobile Alerts for Business Wire
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