Los Angeles Daily News: David J. Butler, the top editor at Digital First Media and its San Jose Mercury News and Bay Area News Group, has announced that he will retire this fall. Butler, 65, is EVP and editor-in-chief of parent Digital First Media as well as editor and SVP of the San Jose Mercury News and its sister BANG newspapers, the Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune. Butler said that by making an announcement now, the company has time to figure out how to fill his various roles and have an orderly transition.