Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor is a digital media and strategy leader with more than 20 years of experience in print, broadcast, and online newsrooms. He started his role as Vice President, General Manager of the Global Polymer Group, where he leads a family of five brands within the Crain portfolio dedicated to covering the polymer industries, in July 2022.

Prior to joining Crain Communications, Chris served most recently as Executive Director, Digital Content and Strategy for Cox Media Group. There, he led the National Content and Distribution Center as well as a group of internal digital strategists who worked with local newsrooms to set digital goals and execution strategies across the company. At CMG, Chris helped launch various new teams including a centralized video team and an OTT team to support the work across the local newsrooms. Before his work at CMG, Chris worked with print and broadcast newsrooms on digital content creation and strategy for the Tampa Tribune and WFLA, the NBC affiliate in Tampa, Florida. Chris also served as Regional Editor for AOL’s Patch.com in Florida, where he led a team that launched 24 hyper-local digital newsrooms.

Chris is a proud graduate of the University of Central Florida and lives in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia.