Sun-Times shuffles newsroom, stresses digital moves

The Chicago Sun-Times announced the appointment of a new managing editor and a reorganization of newsroom personnel as it shifts its emphasis to digital news distribution.

"We are no longer a newspaper company," Sun-Times Media Holdings LLC Editor-in-chief Jim Kirk said in a memo to staff. "We are a technology company that happens to publish a newspaper. We deliver content. And we will deliver content on many platforms and in ways that we haven't yet fully considered." Craig Newman, who the paper said has headed production, has been named managing editor, reporting to Kirk. Newman has been at newspaper since 2003, most recently holding the title of copy and production editor for print and digital.