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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#262626'>TDNA membership
and conference attendance is up this year under the leadership of Matthew W.
Oliver, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Houston Chronicle.</span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#262626'>In addition to his “job” at TDNA, Matt has direct responsibility
for all the production and circulation divisions for Hearst’s six Texas
newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle which is the nation’s 7<sup>th</sup>
largest metropolitan daily newspaper.   Oliver, who joined the
Houston Chronicle in November 2005, has oversight of safety & security,
commercial print, prepress, press, post-press, maintenance, newsprint,
transportation, circulation distribution operations, and facilities.</span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#262626'>A native of Virginia, Matt began working in the newspaper
industry in 1982. His first job was as a maintenance mechanic with the Times
Journal Newspaper in Springfield, Virginia, working nights.  He worked his
way up to plant maintenance manager in 1988 before joining Gannett Newspapers
in 1991 as building maintenance manager for their Springfield offset
plant.   From 1992-1993, Oliver was the engineering / maintenance
manager at the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.   </span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#262626'>Oliver joined Hearst Newspapers in 1993 at the San Antonio
Express-News and spent the next 10 years in a variety of operations management
positions before becoming the Vice President of Production.   In
2003, Matt became the first Director of Productivity Management for Hearst
Newspapers when he was asked to head up a new initiative to examine and improve
productivity at all 12 of the company’s daily newspapers.</span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#262626'>In addition to his expertise in operations, Oliver has overseen
the installation of five new presses at several newspapers across the country,
including three Goss Colorliner presses at the Express-News.  He also
helped facilitate the startup of San Antonio’s new production facility which
came online in 1994.   </span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#262626'>Matt and his wife, Colleen, have four daughters.</span></p>

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