Jim Bonfield, Leaving The Sacramento Bee...
Accepting V.P. Retail Sales position with Travidia.com

(Distributed Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 - Ralph Frattura, Sacramento Bee Director of New Media)

"Jim Bonfield, the spark for some of our best and brightest ideas, is leaving us next month to become vice president of retail sales for Travidia, a web-services company based in Chico.

Travidia (previously AdExpedia) offers a wide range of services, many of them particular interests of Jim's -- e-mail campaigns, online promotions, registration strategies, search engine optimization and more. They have a substantial client list, including Knight Ridder Digital, Belo Interactive, Hearst Interactive and retailers like Petco and Lowe's.

In his five years here as business-development manager, Jim brought a string of ideas to life. He got us into the ISP business, turned his tiny Movie Club into something substantial and then morphed it into other clubs. He launched Furniture Finder as the prototype for retail verticals and, most recently, he brought about the partnership that resulted in Sacramento.com.

Our meetings will be poorer without his creativity, humor and smart mouth. He deserves thanks for all he contributed, and we wish him well".

Ancient, Tiny Humans Shed New Light on Evolution

Listen to NPR Story HERE

NPR: All Things Considered, October 27, 2004 · In a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, scientists have unearthed the bones of a species of human never seen before. About three-feet-tall when fully grown, Homo floresiensis resembles some of our most primitive ancestors -- but lived as recently as 13,000 years ago. They made tools and hunted dwarf elephants, but were physically unlike modern pygmies.

MEDIA AND RETAIL MARKETING VETERAN JOINS TRAVIDIA

Former McClatchy Company Exec to Head Strategic Initiatives, Client Development


CHICO, Calif. – Travidia Inc., the market leader in Internet marketing services for newspapers and retailers throughout North America and Europe, today announced the appointment of James A. Green as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives.

Green, who has more than 15 years of retail and media marketing experience, will manage Travidia’s corporate initiatives and client development. He will begin work on Oct. 1.

http://www.travidia.com/news/archive/JamesGreen.htm