After more than a decade at the helm of The Daily News, Leonard Woolsey will retire from day-to-day duties as publisher Jan. 1, handing the reins of the state’s oldest newspaper to Michelle Robinson, general manager and chief revenue officer.
Robinson will be the first woman to serve as publisher of The Daily News in its 183-year history.
Woolsey will continue as president of Southern Newspapers Inc., the parent company of The Daily News.
