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The Arizona Republic Announces New Vice President of News and Editor

Monday 28. January 2008 - The Arizona Republic announced today the promotion of Randy Lovely to Vice President News and Editor. Lovely joined The Republic in 2002 as Managing Editor and was promoted to Executive Editor in 2005.

Before coming to Phoenix, Lovely had management roles at The News-Press in Fort Myers, Fla., The Times in Shreveport, La., and The Desert Sun in Palm Spring, Calif. Lovely, 43, is a sixteen year Gannett employee and is of Native American heritage.

“I am delighted Randy has agreed to take the top news spot. He has been an instrumental part not only of the Arizona Republic’s move to a multi-platform information company but has contributed his expertise to the Gannett Company as a whole in a variety of top task force assignments. He has an excellent understanding of the issues facing our state,” said Sue Clark-Johnson, Gannett Newspaper Division President. Lovely succeeds Ward Bushee who left to fill a similar role with the San Francisco Chronicle. Bushee had a distinguished career with Gannett that spanned 32 years.

“Sadly for me, this means leaving my friends and colleagues at the Republic who I deeply respect and with whom I have had the honor and joy of working along side. But I take comfort in knowing that the time is right because so many good things are now in place. As I’ve said so many times, this newspaper is an industry leader because of its outstanding people who have created a unique news and information organization,” said Bushee.