Kramer’s Exit Brings Some Answers, Many Questions for Gannett

USA Today Publisher Larry Kramer surprised a lot of people with his retirement, announced this morning. Yet, in the news, we see further clarified Gannett’s precedent-setting shift in editorial organization, which I wrote about last week (“What Are They Thinking: Larry Kramer and the reshaping of Gannett”).

Just a couple of weeks after being named the first Chief Content Officer of the new post-split Gannett, Kramer told me Monday afternoon that he had a change of heart, wanting to spend more time with family and reduce, rather than expand, his business travel schedule.