Newhouse exits The Clarion-Ledger
After a little more than a year at the helm, John Newhouse resigned as publisher of The Clarion-Ledger Tuesday. No reason was immediately given, but Newhouse, who came to the Jackson daily from Louisiana, was praised by executive editor Ronnie Agnew for his responsiveness and leadership after Hurricane Katrina. The storm hit Mississippi just days after Newhouse arrived in August 2005. He took the reins of the paper from Michael Craft, another former Louisiana publisher for Gannett who retired last year.
The Jackson Free Press wags are predictably atwitter over the development.