Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Back under local ownership, LA Times gets a new executive editor

The sale of the Los Angeles Times is final today. Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong spent $500 million to buy the paper, along with the San Diego Union-Tribune and some other smaller titles.

By Madeleine Brand • Jun 18, 2018 • 1 min read

The sale of the Los Angeles Times is final today. Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong spent $500 million to buy the paper, along with the San Diego Union-Tribune and some other smaller titles. The deal brings the papers back under local ownership and away from Chicago-based Tronc. Soon-Shiong appointed a new executive editor, veteran journalist Norman Pearlstine. USC Annenberg Journalism Professor Gabriel Kahn wrote an open letter to Soon-Shiong on Sunday.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Back under local ownership, LA Times gets a new executive editor

The sale of the Los Angeles Times is final today. Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong spent $500 million to buy the paper, along with the San Diego Union-Tribune and some other smaller titles.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Back under local ownership, LA Times gets a new executive editor

The sale of the Los Angeles Times is final today. Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong spent $500 million to buy the paper, along with the San Diego Union-Tribune and some other smaller titles.

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