jacobus began working for the times in january 2006; a mere eight months later, she became president and chief operating officer of the times regional media group. she was also on the executive committee. since 2007, she served on the audit bureau of circulations. prior to working for the times company, jacobus spent seven years in the knight ridder chain where she began as president and publisher of "the duluth news tribune". she was later a publisher of "the news-sentinel" and president and chief executive of fort wayne newspapers.