Chicago Tribune names new top editor as newsroom leader resigns

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A summer of transition for the Chicago Tribune under new hedge fund ownership continued with the announcement Tuesday of a change at the top of the masthead.

Colin McMahon is stepping down as editor-in-chief after a challenging 18 months at the helm of Chicago-based Tribune Publishing’s flagship newspaper. ... Succeeding McMahon will be Mitch Pugh, who has been named executive editor of the Chicago Tribune after eight years in the same role at The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina.

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