NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Media Investment Group Inc. (NYSE: NEWM) announced today the appointment of Mayur Gupta and Maria M. Miller as independent directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective October 1, 2019.

“We are excited to welcome Mayur and Maria to our Board,” said Mike Reed, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of New Media. “They each bring diverse perspectives and digital experience to our Board, which are extremely valuable to the Company’s management and long-term strategy.”

Mr. Gupta is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Freshly, a growing food-tech company. Prior to joining Freshly, Mr. Gupta led digital initiatives at several companies, including as VP of Growth and Marketing at Spotify, the media-services provider, and as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of Healthgrades, a healthcare scheduling platform. Mr. Gupta was the first Chief Marketing Technologist at Kimberly-Clark, one of the largest global consumer goods companies. In 2014, Mr. Gupta was recognized as one of the “40 under 40” leading marketers in the industry by Brand Innovators, was profiled by the Harvard Business Review and the Economist as the model Chief Marketing Technologist, and also received the CMO Programmatic Award by the CMO Club.

Ms. Miller has a more than 30-year career in innovative marketing and digital communications, spanning the consumer products, financial services, e-commerce, travel, hospitality and cruise industries. Most recently, she served as Chief Marketing Officer for Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line. Prior to that, Ms. Miller served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Norwegian Cruise Line from 2009-2015. Ms. Miller has also held various senior marketing roles at several companies, including Dave and Buster’s, Inc., Elance, Inc. (now Upwork), Avis Rent A Car, Inc. and American Express. She began her career in brand management, spending a combined seven years with the General Foods Corporation and The Shulton Group.

About New Media Investment Group Inc.

New Media supports small to mid-size communities by providing locally-focused print and digital content to its consumers and premier marketing and technology solutions to our small and medium business partners. The Company is one of the largest publishers of locally based print and online media in the United States as measured by our 154 daily publications. As of June 30, 2019, New Media operates in over 600 markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million people on a weekly basis and serves over 200,000 business customers.