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By: Jamie Santo in N.Y. Post offices
chandler named publisher

The New York Post ? always a fan of big news ? made news of its own last week with the appointment of Ken Chandler to publisher, a move announced Sept. 29 by News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch.
Chandler succeeds Martin Singerman, who is retiring after 51/2 years as publisher of New York's third-largest daily, and 26 years as an executive within Murdoch's News Corp. Chandler also will continue his current role as editor in chief of the Post, although deputy editor Xana Antunes has been named acting editor, and will run the day-to-day operations in the newsroom.
Under Singerman, whom Murdoch called out of retirement when he re-acquired the Post in 1993, the Post stabilized and eventually grew its slumping circulation and reintroduced a Sunday edition, which now has a circulation of 382,382, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. With the Post's situation now more secure, it will be Chandler's job to drive it forward, presumably by attracting more major advertisers, which the Post does not have in significant numbers today.
Chandler has been in the Murdoch organization since 1973 when he joined The Sun in London. He joined the Post in 1978, and was named managing editor before being named editor of the Boston Herald in 1986.
With Chandler likely to focus more on the finances of the Post, Antunes will have a great deal of editorial control as acting editor. Antunes served as deputy and business editor prior to her new appointment.
While the Post usually revels in sensational stories, there was very little that was unexpected in these moves. Staffers and others in the industry have been anticipating them for over a month, and both Chandler and Antunes had served as deputies to the people they have succeeded. What's more, sources say, there will be little search for a new editor in chief, as Antunes' new position will serve as an apprenticeship for the role.

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