Lynett named publisher of media group

Oct. 3—Scranton native Sharon Lynett has been named publisher of the Oswego County Media Group, effective Monday, according to Sample News Group.

Lynett's family has been in the newspaper business since 1895 when her great-grandfather, E.J. Lynett, purchased what is now The Times-Tribune.

Lynett previously worked in marketing and communications at Lackawanna College and Senior Health Care Solutions, both in Scranton.

She also worked at Times-Shamrock Communications as an account executive for radio and digital products in Milwaukee, as well as a page designer and copy editor for her family's newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, the Citizens' Voice.

The Oswego County Media Group publishes The Palladium-Times, The Valley News, The Finger Lakes Vacationer and OswegoCountyNewsNow.com.

— ROBERT TOMKAVAGE