Eyerly brothers become fourth generation to run Press Enterprise.

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Paul R. Eyerly IV has been named the new president of Press Enterprise Inc., and his brother Brandon R. Eyerly is the new publisher of the Press Enterprise of Bloomsburg, making them the fourth generation of the Eyerly family to run the Pennsylvania newspaper. 

Paul R. Eyerly III, 57, announced the changes in Monday's newspaper. The elder Eyerly, who had been publisher since 1978, will become chairman of Press Enterprise Inc. 

"I'm very proud that we've not become part of the trend toward absentee ownership that has weakened the bond between many newspapers and their communities," Paul R. Eyerly III said. "The management changes we're making today are designed to maintain the tradition of local stewardship for this publication and its related businesses. 

Paul R. Eyerly IV, 37, has been associate publisher of the Press Enterprise since 2001. He graduated from Washington & Lee University and Golden Gate University School of Law and was a prosecutor in the San Francisco District Attorney's office for six years before returning to Bloomsburg as the newspaper's corporate counsel in 2000. 

Brandon R. Eyerly, 35, graduated from Rollins College and worked in Miami as a commodities and futures broker before taking a job in the classified advertising department of the Arizona Republic. He returned to the Press Enterprise as marketing manager in 1993. 

Paul R. Eyerly and Thomas Vanderslice founded The Morning Press of Bloomsburg on March 1, 1902, and later acquired the Berwick Enterprise. Paul R. Eyerly Jr. succeeded his father as publisher in 1946.

For more on the Eyerly family in Bloomsburg and Berwick, read this story from the Press archives. http://www.pnpa.com/publications/press/june00/profile.htm