Gary Pruitt, a former First Amendment lawyer who heads the
third-largest newspaper company in the U.S., will become the next
president and CEO of The Associated Press, the cooperative announced
Wednesday.
Pruitt, the chairman, president and CEO of The McClatchy Co.,
will join AP in July, taking over for Tom Curley, who is retiring after
leading the news organization for nine years.
"In Gary, we have chosen a seasoned and worthy successor to Tom
Curley to continue AP's transition to a digital news company," said
William Dean Singleton, outgoing chairman of the AP Board of Directors
and chairman of MediaNews Group Inc. "Gary has deep experience in the
changing world of the news industry, an acute business sense and an
overriding understanding of and commitment to AP's news mission."
Pruitt, 54, will take over an organization pressed by rapid
changes in the news industry. AP has spent most of the past decade
working to transform itself, launching new platforms for multimedia
content, seeking fresh sources of revenue and protecting the results of
its newsgathering in the online marketplace.
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