New York, NY, Dec. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the market-leading online community for the global communications sector, will welcome Mike Dano as Editorial Director of 5G and Mobile Strategies in early January. Dano will be responsible for leading Light Reading's 5G editorial strategy and coverage, including its news analysis, executive interviews, editorial content for live events, on-camera video interviews and more.

Dano, based in Denver, comes to Light Reading from FierceMarkets Telecom Group, which includes FierceWireless, FierceTelecom, FierceVideo and other publications. He was Editor-in-Chief of the publication group for two years, spent five years as the group's Executive Editor and two years as one of its Managing Editors. Prior to his time at FierceMarkets, Dano spent nine years in various editorial roles at RCR Wireless News.

"We're thrilled to welcome Mike to Light Reading. His editorial experience and following in the mobile communications industry is unrivaled," says Jonathan Keller, Managing Director of Light Reading. "We're looking forward to his expertise and the fresh perspective he'll bring to the site."

About Light Reading

Light Reading is an independent B2B digital media platform providing daily news analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. Its broad readership and solid reputation make it the leading resource for telecom, mobile and cable network operators, cloud services players and all the companies that develop and supply it with technology, applications and professional services. Light Reading has over 500,000 qualified registered users, its websites attract over 1.3 million monthly page views and its newsletters are sent out to 220,000 opt-in subscribers. The brand is also active across all major social media channels, with over 100,000 members and followers. The Light Reading Group incorporates two dedicated research divisions, Heavy Reading and Tractica; more than 15 successful annual industry events, including the Big 5G Event; several targeted online communities, including Security Now, Connecting Africa and Broadband World News, that dig even deeper into key areas of the global communications industry; and its sister industry news site Telecoms.com.

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