GateHouse lays off local publisher, vice president

Dan Kennedy reports GateHouse Media has "streamlined" Greg Reibman out of his job as publisher of its 17 Boston-area newspapers and Wicked Local sites and vice president of its 160-site Wicked Local online network. Kennedy writes:

This strikes me as an incredibly shortsighted move.

The Boston Business Journal says GateHouse is somehow convinced that ditching Reibman will help it become as successful as Apple did after Steve Jobs returned.