Two longtime executives of Paddock Publications Inc., publisher of the Daily Herald and other print and online products, have announced their retirements.
Scott Stone, the company’s president and chief operating officer, and Kent Johnson, the executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, will retire later this spring after more than six decades combined at the suburban Chicago media company.
“Change has become a way of business life in modern newspapering. Scott and Kent helped shape the company through its most dynamic and challenging years,” said Doug Ray, chairman, CEO and publisher. “In the end, they have been key to our digital transformation and the success of the Daily Herald. Through their hard work and dedication, along with many others, the Daily Herald has emerged as one of the country’s newspaper success stories. I know they take pride in looking back through the years and in helping prepare the company for the future.”
