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“If there’s going to be the next new wave of important changes, it’s important that those decisions be made by people who are going to own the outcomes and that frankly wasn’t my likely time horizon,” said Chicago Tribune publisher Scott C. Smith, on announcing his departure from the paper yesterday.
His departure follows on the heels of an announcement by new Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell and Tribune COO Randy Michaels that there will be sweeping changes in design and news coverage at Tribune papers.
The redesign and reduction in pages mandated by Zell and Michaels are expected to be implemented at all Tribune Co. papers by the end of September, according to the Chicago Tribune.
While Michaels said, in a note to staff, that Smith had been helpful as the company implemented “our plans for the future,” he and Zell have been critical of the way Tribune Co. was run before their arrival. Smith was part of the previous management group as head of Tribune Publishing - the group which is now overseen by Michaels.
A new publisher will be named soon, said Zell.
Smith has been with Tribune Co. for 30 years, and has been publisher of its flagship newspaper since 1997, except for a break between 2004 and 2006 when David Hiller took over, writes the Chicago Sun-Times.
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