Press Democrat Publisher to Step Down

Bruce Kyse, a lifelong journalist who steered The Press Democrat into the digital world first as the newspaper's top editor and later as its publisher, will step down to pursue other opportunities, he said Tuesday.

Kyse, 63, who worked for four Press Democrat owners, said his last day will be Oct. 31. He leaves almost exactly a year after a local investor group bought the newspaper, an occasion that, at the time, he described to employees in a choked voice as “a historic moment.”