This is today's Fort Myers News-Press; click on the image for a bigger view. Let the tea leaf reading begin! I suspect Gannett's top editors have been scouring the Florida paper's website during the past 24 hours, looking for clues about Editor Kate Marymont's likes and dislikes. Gannett announced yesterday that Marymont had been promoted to an influential position at Corporate, where she'll help oversee all 84 newsrooms at the community dailies. Marymont's replacement in Fort Myers hasn't been announced.
Among the Fort Myers alumni: USA Today Publisher Craig Moon, who was publisher of the News-Press, before taking that same job at the eventually-shuttered Arkansas Gazette. Marymont (left) was the Gazette's metro editor, and I was its business news editor. (Gannett is so incestuous, isn't it?)The News-Press at a glance:
- Publisher: Carol Hudler
- Founded: 1884
- Joined Gannett: 1971
- Employees: 650
- Circulation: 84,081, daily; 101,153, Sunday
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Jim,
ReplyDeleteWhat is your sense of who will take over when dubow gets thrown out? How about you run a poll of the readers of your blog.
I believe it it will Moon. He has newspaper experience, USA Today experience, he has a good relationship with the digital kid, the broadcast guy and the new newspaper guy, he seems to get along with everyone, he also is an innovator.
I am an employee of the Gannett newspaper division (oh, sorry, the "community newspaper") and I think Moon would be a big boost for the company. I think we were all surprised when he was not picked by McCorky in 2005 when he named Dubow.
Now, I am just thinking of internal candidates. What say you?
In my opinion (which has never been worth a whole lot) Kate will be a breath of fresh air for corporate. She grew up in a small Missouri town where people have common sense and I can't help thinking that she will not bring this with her as she embraces her new post.
ReplyDeleteI do not know what that title means but if Kate is reading your blog my one word of advice is: MARKETING, MARKETING, MARKETING the good stuff your info center is doing.
We know there is no local money for this so if you make corporate funds available you will double your web readership. Good return on investment to me. People are working hard to serve their readers onliine. The readers just need to be aware of these efforts.
Yes this industry is seeing tough times. Never overlook the good work being done across Gannett, which has very talented people at the non corporate level.
The next CEO will be from outside the company.
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