Steve Zales appointed CEO of Media Source, Inc.

A Commpro News UpdateSteve Zales has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Media Source, Inc. effective today. Zales will be succeeding Randy Asmo, who is stepping down after 18 years as CEO. Mr. Asmo will maintain an advisory and board role with the Company.“I am very excited to lead the executive team at Media Source and help the company deliver further value to librarians and publishers, while supporting Media Source’s mission to inspire readers,” Zales said. “The Company’s long history of identifying and supplying the best in children’s and young adult literature, expert reviews, and a range of valuable services to libraries provides a tremendous foundation for additional services and products. I look forward to enhancing our offering to our customers and end-users to meet their evolving needs.”Before this appointment Zales served as President of Time Warner’s Lifestyle Digital division, VP/General Manager for CNNSI Interactive, and SVP/General Manager for Walt Disney’s ESPN Internet Group. Zales has a proven track record as a business-builder, innovator and digital transformation specialist with a history of improving revenues and profit performance, all while delivering solutions and services that prove to be of teh utmost value to customers and clients.Media Source is a leader in collection development and library management solutions with a client list that features some of the most iconic brands within the industry. Media Source is a portfolio company of The Vistria Group.“Media Source is a unique platform that enables librarians and teachers to inspire children and young adults to read and in doing so produces better educational outcomes and consistent with the Company’s mission. We believe that the library will continue to be a very important agent in the movement to student-centered learning,” said Vic Ganzi, who is board Chairman for Media Source. “We thank Randy for his service and leadership, and look forward to collaborating with him as he maintains a board role and shareholder position in the Company. We will build on his great work creating and delivering flexible solutions for our customers.”Philip Alphonse, who is a board member at Media Source and a Partner at The Vistria Group added: “We look forward to working with Steve to build on the terrific brands that we have at Media Source. These brands include Junior Library Guild, which has long been considered the authority on children’s literature. The Company’s long and successful history includes Eleanor Roosevelt, who as a champion of education, served on the Junior Library Guild editorial board from August of 1929 until her death in 1962. Other Media Source brands, including School Library Journal and the Horn Book, are also well-respected for thought-leadership within the industry. Steve is the perfect executive to build on this strong history.”