MAGIC Names Group-Sales Director

Woodland Hills, Calif.–based MAGIC International, producer of the MAGIC Marketplace trade show in Las Vegas, named Karalynne Sprouse group-sales director for the trade show.

Sprouse will oversee a national and international sales team and has been tasked with forming strategic partnerships and increasing the giant trade show’s market share.

Before joining MAGIC, Sprouse was vice president of advertising for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, owner of the Los Angeles Daily News, the Press Telegram of Long Beach, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, the San Bernardino Sun, the Redland Daily Facts, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the Pasadena Star-News and the Whittier Daily News.

—Alison A. Nieder