Publisher and editor-in-chief Davan Maharaj is out at the LA Times. There have long been rumblings of staff being unhappy with him. The Times’ parent company, Tronc, fired other top editors too. The paper’s new interim editor is a veteran of the Chicago Sun-Times and the new publisher and CEO is a digital media executive who worked for Fox and Yahoo.
With new leadership at the LA Times, what does it mean for journalism?
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Guest:
- Gabriel Kahn - journalism professor at USC Annenberg - @gabekahn