Article: NEW OWNERS SHAKE UP STAFF OF EAGLE-TRIBUNE

Less than a month after completing its purchase of the Eagle- Tribune Publishing Co., an Alabama-based company has made changes in key managerial positions at the newspaper chain, including the replacement of publisher Irving "Chip" Rogers II.

Rogers, the company's third-generation publisher, whose family sold the chain last month, was replaced by Richard Franks, who had been chief executive officer. In a move announced Oct. 12, Franks, hired by Rogers about five years ago, was promoted to president and publisher.

The North Andover-based company's vice president of news, William Ketter, will no longer oversee the day-to-day editorial content. That role goes to executive editor Karen Andreas, ...

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