Tribune Names New Publishers

Tribune (TRB Quote) replaced the publishers of its Newsday and Hoy newspapers amid a circulation-overstatement scandal.

The Chicago-based publisher said Timothy Knight would replace Raymond Jansen as publisher of suburban New York daily Newsday. Knight, who already is operating chief at the paper, will take his new post Aug. 15. Jansen, who has been Newsday publisher since 1994, will retire.

"In mid-August, I will retire as Newsday publisher," Jansen wrote in a letter to Newsday staff. "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."

Tribune also named Digby Solomon Diez interim publisher of Hoy. He succeeds Louis Sito, who has served as publisher of Hoy since 1998 and is retiring. ...