Gannett just announced that Mei-Mei Chan has been named publisher of The News-Press at Fort Myers, Fla., replacing Carol Hudler, who was promoted to publisher of The Tennessean at Nashville in November. Chan's appointment is effective March 29. She has been the vice president of advertising for the Seattle Times since 2004.
Chan becomes the paper's chief executive at a time of uncertainty for some staff members, who have speculated that the paper may outsource its printing to the nearby Naples Daily News.
Chan started in Gannett in 1981 as a reporter at the Commercial-News in Danville, Ill., and was among the first loaners who helped launch USA Today in 1982, the company says in a statement: "She also was an associate editor at USA Weekend. Before Chan joined the Seattle Times, she was executive editor of the Post Register in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She also served as an assistant metro and deputy features editor at the Chicago Sun-Times."
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