Dan Slep named Mirror publisher

Ed Kruger concludes 60-year career in newspapers

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The Altoona (Pennsylvania) Mirror leadership torch has been passed.

Ed Kruger, who has held the publisher position since 1998, is retiring and wrapping up a 60-year newspaper career.

He will be succeeded by Circulation/Operations Manager Dan Slep, a fifth-generation descendent of Mirror founder Harry E. Slep.

Slep, who began at the Mirror in 1972, called his appointment “a childhood dream come true.”

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