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Chicago Tribune Editor Resigns Amid Cutbacks

Ann Marie Lipinski ends 7-year run in job 'not the fit it once was'

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 14, 2008 3:58 PM CDT

(AP) – Chicago Tribune editor Ann Marie Lipinski handed in her resignation today after 7 years in the top post at the Tribune Company's flagship paper. Lipinski's departure comes a week after the 161-year-old newspaper told its staff it would eliminate about 80 newsroom jobs amid a broad effort to cut costs as advertising and circulation revenues decline at its newspapers nationwide.

Lipinski, editor since 2001, told her staff today there is no one reason for her decision but that "this position is not the fit it once was." Tribune named associate editor Gerould W. Kern to replace her. The company has slashed staff and cut the weekly page counts at its newspaper properties, which include the Baltimore Sun and the Los Angeles Times.

The Tribune Tower in Chicago.
The Tribune Tower in Chicago.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, file)
This photo provided by the Museum of the City of New York shows an original copy of the famous 1948 Dewey Defeats Truman edition of the Chicago Tribune from the museum's upcoming exhibit.
This photo provided by the Museum of the City of New York shows an original copy of the famous 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman" edition of the Chicago Tribune from the museum's upcoming exhibit.
The Tribune Tower, home of the Chicago Tribune newspaper offices and newsroom, is shown in Chicago.
The Tribune Tower, home of the Chicago Tribune newspaper offices and newsroom, is shown in Chicago.   (AP Photo)
The Chicago Tribune building graces the skyline along with the Wrigley building, foreground.
The Chicago Tribune building graces the skyline along with the Wrigley building, foreground.   (AP Photo)
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