The McClatchy Company named Tony Berg as president and publisher of The Kansas City Star. Berg previously served as The Star's vice president for advertising. Berg, 38, has spent 15 years in the news industry in a variety of sales executive and leadership roles.

He joined McClatchy in 2012 as vice president for advertising at the WichitaEagle in Kansas before being promoted to the lead sales role in Kansas City in 2015. Prior to joining McClatchy in 2012, Berg spent two years as director of territory sales for the Arizona Republic in Phoenix, Arizona.