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Newsday, Hoy publishers retire amid circulation scandal
Newsday ^ | 07/19/04 | Newsday.com

Posted on 07/19/2004 2:56:35 PM PDT by Pikamax

New publishers for Newsday, Hoy Timothy Knight to replace Raymond Jansen at Newsday

Newsday.com

July 19, 2004, 4:17 PM EDT

In the midst of a deepening circulation scandal, the publishers of Newsday and Hoy in New York will be replaced, the Tribune Co. announced Monday.

At Newsday, Timothy P. Knight, who recently was appointed Newsday president and chief operating officer, was named publisher and chief executive officer, replacing Raymond Jansen, the newspaper's parent, Chicago-based Tribune Co., announced.

At Hoy, the Spanish-language publication, Digby Solomon Diez, vice president/general manager of Hoy, Chicago, has been named interim publisher, replacing Louis Sito, Hoy publisher, who will also retire. Tim Kennedy, Tribune Publishing vice president/strategy and development, will be Hoy's interim chief operating officer.

Jansen announced his retirement Monday afternoon at a meeting of senior managers and in a letter to Newsday employees. "In mid-August, I will retire as Newsday publisher," Jansen wrote. "I had planned on leaving before yearend and under other circumstances I probably would have done that. But, understanding what our management has to do to repair the damage to our circulation credibility, it became apparent that my departure date should be sooner than anticipated." Jansen has served as Newsday publisher since 1994.

In an interview in today's Newsday, Jansen had blamed the circulation overstatements on a "rogue operation" within the newspaper.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: newsday

1 posted on 07/19/2004 2:56:36 PM PDT by Pikamax
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To: Pikamax

Hoy shiite.


2 posted on 07/19/2004 3:01:30 PM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: Pikamax
Add to their already existing problems, Newsday will be sued by independent distributors that Newsday put out of business when the indies refused to lie about the circulation numbers.

Couldn't happen to a bigger liberal rag.

3 posted on 07/19/2004 3:03:26 PM PDT by CaptainK
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To: Pikamax
FWIW, found this one donation for Knight:

KNIGHT, TIMOTHY P CHICAGO, IL 60611 CHICAGO TRIBUNE/PUBLISHING EXECUT SHRIVER, MARK KENNEDY VIA CITIZENS FOR MARK SHRIVER 06/29/2001 250.00 21990354891

Figures.

4 posted on 07/19/2004 3:08:31 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: Pikamax

i don't see why the publisher should be blamed when "a rogue operation within the paper" is at fault!
those rogue operations are always causing so much trouble!


5 posted on 07/19/2004 8:14:21 PM PDT by drhogan
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To: Pikamax

Bump. Possibly Americas worst paper.


6 posted on 07/20/2004 1:18:29 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Let them eat amnesty)
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