Longtime WGN news director Greg Caputo will retire from the Chicago CW affiliate next month, The Chicago Tribune reports:
Caputo, who has headed up the Tribune Co. station’s news operation since 2002, told staffers Monday he is stepping down at the end of June. … “Being a part of WGN was a goal for me for years,” Caputo said. “Being here for the last 11 years has been even better than I thought it would be.”
No successor has been named, according to executives.
Before WGN, Caputo worked at WLVI in Boston and WFLD in Chicago.