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Jim Shaffer, dean [of the University of Southern Maine School of Business, comes from a successful media career that spanned 30 years — taking him to Minneapolis, Baltimore, Buffalo, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland, Maine. In Los Angeles, he was Chief Financial Officer of the Los Angeles Times. He came to Maine in 1991 to be CEO of Maine-based Guy Gannett Communications, which had newspaper, TV and other media in seven states. After the sale of Guy Gannett in 1999, Jim spent the next few years in an entrepreneurial role as CEO of Clickshare Service Corp.,an Internet startup that provides infrastructure for digital content transactions. Room 113 Luther Bonney Hall (207) 780-4020
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