Long-time Mountain Xpress ad man James Fisher announces departure

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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James Fisher, one of the folks who has been with Asheville’s alternatively weekly for nearly its entire lifetime, has announced on Twitter today that he’s leaving. 

It’s official: James Fisher, aka @JIMI FISHSTIX, is leaving Mountain Xpress after 16 yrs. What a ride! What is next for me? Good stuff.. …

When I worked with Fisher, he was serving as the newspaper’s advertising director, a role he’d served for several years. Fisher and the weekly announced last October that he was moving into a new job as business development director. The idea at the time was that Fisher would concentrate on regional and national sales, sponsorships and trade partnerships and events.

I don’t know what this means for the Mountain Xpress advertising department, and I don’t know what’s next for James. I do know James is an enthusiastic cheerleader for Xpress and local small businesses, and that he and his family are really great people.

Good luck, James!