NATIONAL POST APPOINTMENTS PART OF REORGANIZATION
By Adnews Staff
National Post has reported Conrad Black will take on the position of publisher of that newspaper. Don Babick, who has held the titles of publisher and president since the paper launched, has been appointed chief operating officer of Southam Publications and president of the CanWest group. Also, Peter Atkinson has been named associate publisher and executive vice-president of the Post. Atkinson was previously an executive vice-president at Hollinger Inc. Gordon Fisher has been appointed chief operating officer in addition to his role as assistant publisher. He also retains the position of vice-president of editorial at Southam Publications. David Swail, previously vice-president of operations and planning, has been named senior vice-president and general manager of the Post. Ron Clark, the Post's senior vice president of sales and marketing, is leaving the newspaper to head up Southam Publications' central advertising sales group Aditus.