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Jerry DuPhily
TSN Media & Event Allies
MEDIA & MARKETING
As a lifelong Delawarean, Jerry DuPhily
started to party in Wilmington as
a University of Delaware student.
Th at served as a starting point when
he eventually launched a career in
entertainment magazines like Out &
About Magazine, launching parties
and special events as his own under
Event Allies. Among the many events
DuPhily has created to shape the
state’s nightlife include the Wilmington
Grand Prix, City Restaurant Week,
Separation Day, Delaware Beer Wine
& Spirits Festival, Newark Food &
Brew Festival, City Loop Series, and
Wilmington Beer Week.
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Konrad LaPrade
Daily State News
As a subsidiary of Independent
NewsMedia Network of Delmarva, the
Daily State News has served the First
State for more than six decades. It was
the fi rst daily newspaper published
out of Dover, and today publishes
thousands of copies fi ve days a week.
Konrad LaPrade was named publisher
in early 2023, after his father Darel
LaPrade retired from the job. Konrad
LaPrade has extensive experience
in print advertising, with media
advertising in markets of all sizes,
including Dover, Salisbury, Easton,
Baltimore and Philadelphia, as well as
Charlotte, N.C., and Albany, N.Y. After
fi ve years at the helm, LaPrade left
the First State at the end of 2024 and
became President and CEO of Fort
Wayne Newspapers and KPC Media
in Indiana.
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Mike Feeley is a veteran news executive
who has led the newsroom of Th e
News Journal, Delaware’s largest
circulation newspaper, since 2018.
Prior to coming to Delaware, Feeley
was one of the leaders of the reporting
team that won the 2012 Pulitzer
Prize for local reporting on the Jerry
Sandusky sex abuse scandal at Penn
State University. He started his career
at the Press-Enterprise in Bloomsburg,
Pa., before moving to Th e Patriot-News
and PennLive in 1989. In 2021, he was
named a regional editor of Gannett’s
newsrooms in Delaware, Pennsylvania,
New York, and New Jersey.
Mike Feeley
Gannett/USA Today &
The News Journal/
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Mac Macleod
Carvertise
Wilmington-based Carvertise is the
nation’s largest ride-sharing advertising
company, and it all started when its
founder Mac Macleod was a University
of Delaware student. Carvertise uses
cars as rolling advertisements at
public events for national brands like
DraftKings, Wawa, DoorDash and
Netfl ix. In 2022, revenue grew by 50%
through using Lyft and Uber drivers
to push brands. In summer 2023,
Carvertise opened a new headquarters
in Wilmington’s Riverfront to
accommodate a growing staff . Driving
much of the company’s latest growth
are its “swarm” campaigns, where a
dozen or more wrapped vehicles drive
around a given venue for a major
event, ranging from a pharmaceutical
conference to the Super Bowl.
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