$4.3 billion Hearst Corporation has elected four executives to its board of directors. The elections were effective Oct. 1.

The new members include:

George Hearst III, publisher of the Albany Times Union. Prior to his role as publisher of the Times Union, Hearst was vice president, associate publisher, and general manager of the Times Union, where he provided leadership to the strategic development and marketing areas and information technology departments. His experience at the Times Union dates back to 1989 when he joined the company to lead its operational divisions.

Richard Malloch, president of Hearst Business Media and senior vice president of Hearst Corporation. Malloch joined Hearst in 1991 as deputy group head of Hearst’s Consumer Book Publishing and Trade Magazine Group, which later that decade was sold to HarperCollins.

Scott Sassa, president of Hearst Entertainment & Syndication and senior vice president of Hearst Corporation. Prior to joining Hearst in 2008, he served as founder and CEO of Uber, a consumer Internet start-up; CEO-in-residence at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; and president and CEO of Friendster, a top-50 Internet site that pioneered social networking. From 1997 to 2004, Sassa served in many executive roles at NBC, including president, NBC West Coast, where he was responsible for overseeing all of NBC’s entertainment-related businesses; president of NBC Entertainment; and president of the NBC Television Stations division.

Steven Swartz, president of Hearst Newspapers and senior vice president of Hearst Corporation. Under Swartz’s leadership, Hearst played a key role in founding the newspaper industry’s consortium with Yahoo, launching the industry’s partnership with the online real estate company Zillow and forming quadrantONE, a national online sales network co-owned by Hearst, The New York Times Company, Gannett, and Tribune.

With the newest elections by the trustees of The Hearst Family Trust, there are now 20 members on the Heart Corporation's board of directors.

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