Hearst Hires Yahoo Veteran for Digital Newspapers

WWD: Hearst has hired a former Yahoo exec to head up digital for its newspapers division. Robertson Barrett, who most recently served as vice president of media strategy and operation at Yahoo, joined Hearst on Jan. 4 as president of digital media. Barrett, who reports to Hearst president and CEO Steve Swartz and Hearst Newspapers president Mark Aldam, is based at Hearst Tower in New York.