Forbes: top editor at former McClatchy newspaper ousted

Forbes.com:

SAN JOSE, Calif. - MediaNews Group Inc., owner of the San Jose Mercury News, has named one of its executives, David Butler, to be editor of the newspaper. Butler, vice president for news for MediaNews, will assume the Mercury News post immediately as Executive Editor Carole Leigh Hutton steps down, publisher Jeff Kiel said Thursday.

Denver-based MediaNews acquired the Mercury News along with the Monterey County Herald and Contra Costa Times from McClatchy (nyse: MNI - news - people ) Co. in 2006 in a complex deal valued at $1 billion. The San Jose newspaper was previously owned by Knight Ridder, which put itself up for sale in 2005 amid pressure from shareholders.