San Jose has a new editor

David Butler, the current top news executive for the parent company of the San Jose Mercury News, was named the editor of the paper on Thursday.
Butler, 57, will be responsible for both the news operation and the editorial pages of the paper.
Dean Singleton, chief executive of MediaNews, said Butler will lead the Mercury News and its sister Bay Area newspapers in developing answers to the challenges the newspaper industry faces.
"His mission is to lead the Mercury News to the future" so MediaNews can transfer successful innovations to the rest of its publications, Singleton said.
Butler replaces executive editor Carole Leigh Hutton who had no comment about the change.
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