By: (AP) MediaNews Group has announced a series of executive changes that will take effect when it assumes control over five newspapers in Pennsylvania, six in New Mexico and the El Paso Times in Texas under a partnership with Gannett Co.
Ray Stafford, senior vice president and general manager of The Orange County (Calif.) Register, will become president and publisher of the El Paso Times and will oversee newspapers in New Mexico owned by the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership.
Stafford will replace Sherman Bodner, who will move to another assignment within the Gannett Co., MediaNews said.
David McClain, publisher of the Sterling (Colo.) Journal Advocate and group publisher of MediaNews' Colorado community newspaper division, will become publisher of the partnership's Las Cruces Sun-News and group publisher of the rest of its newspapers in New Mexico. He will report to Stafford.
Keith Haugland, a former publisher of the partnership's Farmington (N.M.) Daily Times, will take over as publisher of the Journal Advocate and group publisher of the Colorado newspaper group.
MediaNews will assume management responsibility on Dec. 26 under a restructuring agreement of the 3-year-old partnership with Gannett that was announced Thursday.
Both companies are represented on the partnership's board, but MediaNews will be the managing partner. MediaNews President Joseph J. Lodovic IV said the company would have a 59.5 percent financial stake in the partnership and Gannett would have a 40.5 percent stake.
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