Jesus Diaz Jr. Named Miami Herald Publisher

Posted on March 1, 2005

Knight Ridder has announced that Jesus Diaz Jr. will become publisher of The Miami Herald and of el Nuevo Herald, and chairman of The Miami Herald Publishing Co. (MHPC). Diaz is currently general manager of MHPC. Current Publisher Alberto Ibarguen announced Jan. 28 that he will leave in July to become president and CEO of the Knight Foundation. David A. Landsberg, currently vice president/advertising for The Herald, will become general manager of MHPC. Alex Villoch, currently director/retail advertising and event marketing for The Herald, will become vice president/advertising. All the appointments become effective in July. Jesus Diaz, 44, has been in his current job since 2002. Prior to that, he had worked twice at Ernst & Young. He started there in 1982, then moved to The Miami Herald in 1993. In 1996, he resigned to become financial services manager for the Greater Europe Group of the Coca-Cola Company. He went back to Ernst & Young in 1997, and became managing partner of the Miami office two years later. Under his leadership, it became the largest accounting firm in South Florida. He returned to The Herald in 2002.