ATLANTA – The appointment of John Dyer to Chief Financial Officer of Cox Communications Inc. was announced today by Pat Esser, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Dyer will oversee Accounting and Financial Planning and Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions and Programming. He will also be responsible for the management of Cox's commercial services and cable advertising divisions, Cox Business Services and Cox Media, respectively.

In making the announcement, Esser said: "John has the financial savvy, growth orientation and operational experience to take this job to a new level of integration in the company. His unique understanding of our operations will play a valuable role in effectively allocating resources to reach the long-range goals of our company."

Dyer joined Cox in 1977 as an Internal Auditor for Cox Enterprises Inc. In 1980, he joined Cox's cable division as a Financial Analyst. He later served as Manager of Capital Asset Planning and Director of Operations before joining Times Mirror Cable, where he was Regional Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Operations. Dyer returned to Cox as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis when Cox acquired Times Mirror in 1995.

In 1998, Dyer became Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions, a position in which he developed and executed company strategies for acquiring over two million customers in several strategic acquisitions. Also, he initiated and closed many system trades that substantially furthered Cox's clustering strategy, including a trade with AT&T (TCI at the time) involving 600,000 customers.

Most recently, Dyer served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Cox's Western Division, which includes operations in California, Arizona and Las Vegas.

A graduate of the State University of West Georgia with a B.B.A. in accounting, Dyer also holds an M.B.A. from Georgia State University. He served on the executive committee of the New England Cable Television Association and its board of directors. Dyer is currently serving on board of directors for the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing.

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Cox Communications Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is a multi-service broadband communications company with approximately 6.7 million total customers, including approximately 6.3 million basic cable subscribers. The nation's third-largest cable television provider, Cox offers analog cable television under the Cox Cable brand as well as digital video service under the Cox Digital Cable brand, featuring advanced services including digital video recording, high-definition television and video-on-demand. Cox provides an array of other communications services including local and long-distance telephone under the Cox Digital Telephone brand, high-speed Internet service under the Cox High Speed Internet brand, and home networking. Commercial voice and data services are offered via Cox Business Services. Local cable advertising, promotional opportunities and production services are sold under the Cox Media brand. Cox is an investor in programming services including Discovery Communications Inc. Cox Communications is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc.

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