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Charles first joined The Ogden Newspapers in 1986 as a copy editor for the Parkersburg (WV) News. After three years with United Press International as North Carolina state editor and a brief term as managing editor of the Daily Record in Dunn, NC, he returned to the Parkersburg News as editor in 1990. In 1994 he was named publisher of the Evening Observer in Dunkirk, NY, and in 1996, publisher of the Herald Star in Steubenville, OH, and The Weirton (WV) Daily Times. Since 1998 he has been publisher of the Tribune Chronicle in Warren, OH.

Charles has served as a regional publisher since 2000 and currently oversees 14 newspapers.