1. Brian P Tierney was born on 1957 and is an American advertising and public relations executive and former co-owner and publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
38 Facts About Brian Tierney
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Chief executive of Philadelphia Media Holdings, Mr Brian Tierney became the publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer shortly after Philadelphia Media Holdings bought the paper.
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Outside of business, Brian Tierney has been active in politics and a supporter of Republican causes.
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Brian Tierney is an active member of numerous board of directors including NutriSystem, The Episcopal Academy and the Poynter Institute Foundation, where he serves as chairman.
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Brian Tierney is the fourth of five sons of James and Claire Brian Tierney.
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In 1975, at the age of eighteen, Brian Tierney unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for township commissioner of Springfield.
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Brian Tierney became a Republican after the primary when a few Republicans who said they would look out for his stuff during his primary campaign, invited him to a party meeting.
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Brian Tierney attended the University of Pennsylvania from 1975 to 1979, majoring in political science.
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At Penn, Brian Tierney ran the Penn Students for Gerald Ford campaign in 1976.
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Brian Tierney graduated in 1979 and, at the age of twenty-two, moved to Washington, DC, where he worked for the Republican National Committee in various positions, including as a messenger between Ronald Reagan's administration and Republican candidates across the country.
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Brian Tierney moved back to the Philadelphia region as a Reagan appointee in the US Small Business Administration's public affairs office.
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Brian Tierney bought office equipment from a local office equipment t supplier, COPIFAX, INC.
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Brian Tierney built the company into one of the largest public relations and advertising firms in the Mid Atlantic.
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Brian Tierney's clients included IBM, McDonald's, Verizon, PECO Energy, and the Pennsylvania Lottery.
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Brian Tierney created an award-winning advertising campaign for Verizon starring James Earl Jones and the slogan "Philadelphia: The place that loves you back" for the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation.
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Brian Tierney accused Ralph Cipriano of using inaccurate facts, trespassing and creating a protest at the Archdiocese's vacation home in Ventnor City, New Jersey, all of which Cipriano denies.
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Cipriano says that Brian Tierney indicated to him that it was the Archdiocese that had gotten him removed from the religion reporter position, a position Cipriano says he thought he left on his own.
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In 1998 Brian Tierney was named a Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II.
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Brian Tierney continued as CEO until April 2002, when he stepped down.
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Brian Tierney continued with Tierney Communications as chairman until December 1,2003, when Tierney resigned and announced he was founding a new public relations firm, T2 Group.
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T2 Group lasted until June 2004 when Brian Tierney announced it was being bought by credit card company Advanta and that Brian Tierney and most of T2's management would be hired by Advanta.
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Brian Tierney became vice chairman of Advanta, but in February 2005, Advanta announced Brian Tierney was no longer serving as vice-chairman.
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Brian Tierney gave no explanation as to why Tierney lost the position and Tierney's employment with the company ended the next month.
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In 2005, Brian Tierney attempted to buy magazines Inc and Fast Company from Gruner + Jahr, but failed.
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Brian Tierney tried again to enter the media industry in March 2006 when he assembled a group of mostly former clients or people that are with him on the board of the Episcopal Academy to buy Philadelphia Newspapers Inc He and other local businessman formed Philadelphia Media Holdings LLC and bought The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and philly.
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Brian Tierney allayed fears with the members of Philadelphia Media Holdings signing a pledge not to interfere with the paper's editorial independence.
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Brian Tierney said he would combat The Inquirer's decreasing revenue by spending millions on advertisements and promotions and not by laying off staff.
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Brian Tierney assumed the role as publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer in August 2006 after former publisher Joe Natoli resigned for a job at the University of Miami.
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Brian Tierney hoped to restructure the US$390 million in debt it borrowed to buy the newspapers, but the result was that the papers were auctioned off to the company's lenders.
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Brian Tierney was credited with helping generate votes for Bush and helping him win important states like Ohio and Missouri.
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Brian Tierney frequently appeared as a conservative voice on WPVI-TV's Inside Story.
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In 2003 Tierney headed Sam Katz's third campaign for mayor of Philadelphia, which he lost to incumbent mayor John F Street.
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Oxman left Katz's 2003 campaign because he was unable to work with Brian Tierney, saying Brian Tierney was a "shameless self-promoter" and "full of bullshit".
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Katz praised Brian Tierney, who he said was full of optimism, which Katz said was a great asset when things were going poorly in the campaign and in Katz's personal life.
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Brian Tierney is a member of numerous boards of directors in the Philadelphia area.
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Brian Tierney has been on the boards of Thomas Jefferson University, the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, and the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, among others.
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Tierney, along with fellow board member Brian O'Neill, led a ninety-day campaign to raise the US$20 million needed for the property.
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Brian Tierney is a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.