On Saturday, Consolidated Publishing’s Anniston Star announced Bob Davis was stepping down from his role as the paper’s publisher and editor to accept a job as High Plains Public Radio executive director, a network which serves parts Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.
Davis has been part of Consolidated Publishing, the parent company of the Star since 2003, and the Star’s editor since 2006.
Earlier this year, the Star was embroiled in a controversy involving its former long-time publisher H. Brandt Ayers. In January, Ayers resigned from his role as Consolidated Publishing’s board of directors after a number of sexual harassment allegations surfaced against him.
According to the Star, Ayers’ wife Josephine will now serve as the Star’s publisher.
“I see the publisher as the support for the creative and business leaders in the community,” Josephine Ayers said of her new role. “The publisher assists in setting the policy, but the responsibility for the newspaper in all of its iterations lies with the professional staff. And I honor that and intend to continue the legacy that I have been given.”
Anthony Cook, an on-again, off-again Star employee that spent time as the opinion editor at the Alabama Media Group in between stints at the Star, was named its executive editor.
According to the Star’s report, Davis’ last day at the Star will be later this week.
@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and is the editor of Breitbart TV.
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