Lou Stancampiano will run the group, which publishes The Express-Times and lehighvalleylive.com.
Lou Stancampiano, new president and publisher of Lehigh Valley Media Group
Lou Stancampiano, the vice president of advertising of the Newark newspaper and a former Allentown Morning Call executive, will begin work Jan. 2, according to an email from Diamond, who served as interim publisher since Martin Till stepped down in October to seek other opportunities.
Lehigh Valley Media Group publishes The Express-Times, The US and lehighvalleylive.com. Penn-Jersey Advance is its parent company.
"I have worked very closely with Lou, first as vice president at The Jersey Journal and most recently as vice president of advertising at The Star-Ledger," Diamond said in the email. "I have great respect for Lou’s judgment, his openness to new ideas, and his vision as an innovator without losing sight of the values that have made us so important to our communities for so long."
During his career, Stancampiano has served as vice president of advertising at The News-Tribune in Middlesex County, The Record of Bergen County and The Morning Call, according to a 2010 post on nj.com. He also headed the advertising department at The Orlando Sentinel in Florida.
Starting in 2002, he worked more than two years at The Morning Call before moving to Orlando.
Stancampiano, of Chatham, N.J., was named the Ledger's vice president of advertising in August 2010.