By: The Courier-Journal of Louisville has named Arnold Garson its new president and publisher.
Garson, 67, who had been president and publisher at the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, S.D., takes over for Denise Ivey as the top executive at Kentucky's largest newspaper. Ivey announced her retirement in June.
The newspaper announced Garson's appointment on its Web site Wednesday. Both the Argus Leader and The Courier-Journal are owned by Gannett Co.
Garson acknowledged that American newspapers are facing difficult financial times and that changes inevitably will occur at The Courier-Journal.
But he pledged that the newspaper and its Web site "will continue to be the primary provider of local and regional news and information in this community."
Garson began his newspaper career as a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald.
Before coming to the Argus Leader in 1996, he was editor of the San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sun and managing editor of The Des Moines Register. One of the Register's Pulitzer Prizes during his tenure was for a 1985 series examining the dangers of farming as an occupation. The other, in 1987, was for photography depicting the shattered dreams of American farmers.
Ivey was publisher at The Courier-Journal for 2 1/2 years.
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