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'''Tom McDevitt''' was the president of the ''[[Washington Times]]'', a [[newspaper]] in [[Washington DC]], [[United States]],<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR2007103001094.html The Washington Times, Hunting For a Bionic Editor in Chief]</ref> until he was relieved of his duties on 9 November 2009.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110902529.html?wprss=rss_business/localbusiness Three top executives ousted by Washington Times], Frank Ahrens and Howard Kurtz, [[Washington Post]], November 10, 2009</ref> He is a member of the [[Unification Church]] and in the early 1980s was the pastor of the church in Washington DC.<ref>[http://www.unification.net/ucdc/ucdc19990523.html Realizing America's Responsibility]</ref><ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/augustweb-only/8-6-35.0.html CT Classic: The Unification Church Aims a Major Public Relations Effort at Christian Leaders]</ref> He later worked for the ''Times'', which was founded in 1982 by church founder [[Sun Myung Moon]] and owned by church members, in various positions including vice president. From 2005 to 2007 he worked for the [[Points of Light Foundation]] as senior vice president for marketing, communications and recognition. In March 2007 he went back to the ''Times'' as president.<ref>[http://www.pointsoflight.org/about/mediacenter/tothepoint/2007/02/shorttakes_TwoExecutives.cfm Points Of Light Executives to Lead Washington Times, Child Advocacy Group]</ref>{{Citation broken|date=November 2009}} |
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'''Tom McDevitt''' is the chairman of the board of directors of ''[[The Washington Times]]'', a daily newspaper in [[Washington D.C.]]<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR2007103001094.html The Washington Times, Hunting For a Bionic Editor in Chief]</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110902529.html?wprss=rss_business/localbusiness Three top executives ousted by Washington Times], Frank Ahrens and Howard Kurtz, [[Washington Post]], November 10, 2009</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/19/AR2010111907289.html Washington Times fires top editor Sam Dealey], ''[[Washington Post]]'', November 20, 2010</ref> |
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McDevitt's wife of 20 years, Soon Ja, died in 2002. They have five children.<ref>[http://www.tparents.org/unews/unws0303/in_mem_soon_mcdevit.htm In Memoriam - Soon Ja McDevitt]</ref> |
McDevitt is a member of the [[Unification Church]], which indirectly owns ''The Washington Times''. In the early 1980s, he was the pastor of the church in [[Washington D.C.]]<ref>[http://www.unification.net/ucdc/ucdc19990523.html Realizing America's Responsibility]</ref><ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/augustweb-only/8-6-35.0.html CT Classic: The Unification Church Aims a Major Public Relations Effort at Christian Leaders]</ref> McDevitt's wife of 20 years, Soon Ja, died in 2002. They have five children.<ref>[http://www.tparents.org/unews/unws0303/in_mem_soon_mcdevit.htm In Memoriam - Soon Ja McDevitt]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 03:45, 10 March 2024
Tom McDevitt is the chairman of the board of directors of The Washington Times, a daily newspaper in Washington D.C.[1][2][3]
McDevitt is a member of the Unification Church, which indirectly owns The Washington Times. In the early 1980s, he was the pastor of the church in Washington D.C.[4][5] McDevitt's wife of 20 years, Soon Ja, died in 2002. They have five children.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ The Washington Times, Hunting For a Bionic Editor in Chief
- ^ Three top executives ousted by Washington Times, Frank Ahrens and Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, November 10, 2009
- ^ Washington Times fires top editor Sam Dealey, Washington Post, November 20, 2010
- ^ Realizing America's Responsibility
- ^ CT Classic: The Unification Church Aims a Major Public Relations Effort at Christian Leaders
- ^ In Memoriam - Soon Ja McDevitt