MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Gordon McLeod has been appointed publisher of Newsday Media Group.
Cablevision Systems Corp., which owns the suburban New York news company, announced the appointment on Thursday.
McLeod succeeds Fred Groser, who announced last year that he was retiring.
McLeod will be responsible for leading all of the Newsday Media Group’s outlets.
That includes Newsday, Newsday.com, amNewYork, amny.com, exploreLI.com and a large group of weekly shopper publications.
Most recently, McLeod serves as president of Krux, a technology company.
From 2006 to 2010, he worked at News Corp.’s Dow Jones & Company as president of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network.
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