Ross Levinsohn named new publisher and CEO of Los Angeles Times as top editors ousted
Source: Los Angeles Times
In a dramatic shakeup at the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago-based parent company has installed new leadership and plans to invest more resources in the news organization to move it more quickly into the digital age.
Ross Levinsohn, 54, a veteran media executive who worked at Fox and served as interim chief of Yahoo, was named publisher and chief executive of the 135-year-old news organization. The move was announced Monday by Justin C. Dearborn, chief executive of Tronc, the parent company of the Los Angeles Times and eight other daily newspapers.
Jim Kirk, 52, a veteran Chicago news executive, who was publisher and editor of the Chicago Sun-Times until last week, was named interim editor of the storied newspaper.
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The new leaders take over a news organization with flagging morale after years of management changes on top of huge shifts in consumer behavior that has roiled the entire newspaper industry. While still cranking out high-quality journalism, the paper hasnt been able to keep pace with better resourced rivals on the East Coast, including the New York Times and the Washington Post.
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BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)Great. That bodes well--not!
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,057 posts)Is goin to help the LA Times compete with The NY Times and Washington Post.
sprinkleeninow
(20,264 posts)Can't wipe the hovno off. (Crap in Slovak.)
We were in the 98% range for the eclipse. Also it was very cloudy with sprinkles before and during. At 2:42-3 p.m. it got somewhat darker, but it was a big bust as far as I'm concerned. I wasted my afternoon and now I'm inna a pi**y mood. Plus considering the vacuous messaging expected on the tube later this evening.
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Frances
(8,547 posts)If the same company head owns both the Washington Post and the LA Times we could get first rate coverage on both coasts