San Jose, Calif., Mercury News gets new publisher.

From: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | Date: December 6, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Sue McAllister

Dec. 6--Knight Ridder, parent company of the Mercury News, on Monday named George Riggs as the new president and publisher of the Mercury News.

Riggs, currently publisher of the Contra Costa Times, another Knight Ridder paper, replaces Chip Visci, who has led the Mercury News since January.

In announcing the news to the paper's staff Monday, Knight Ridder senior vice president Hilary Schneider said, "He knows our customers, our advertisers, and our competition." Riggs' 30 years of experience in newspapers will "add to the San Jose Mercury ...

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