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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    New LA Times leadership on the paper's future

    The Los Angeles Times' new publisher and CEO Ross Levinsohn, along with new interim executive editor Jim Kirk discuss their plans for a newspaper that has been battered by years of layoffs. How do they see the paper competing against the New York Times and the Washington Post? How will the LA Times cover Los Angeles?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 23, 2017 • 1 min read

    The Los Angeles Times' new publisher and CEO Ross Levinsohn, along with new interim executive editor Jim Kirk discuss their plans for a newspaper that has been battered by years of layoffs. How do they see the paper competing against the New York Times and the Washington Post? How will the LA Times cover Los Angeles?

    L: Jim Kirk is interim executive editor of the LA Times. R: Ross Levinsohn is the new publisher and CEO of the LA Times. Photos courtesy of the LA Times.

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      Madeleine Brand

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      Ross Levinsohn

      Los Angeles Times

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      Los Angeles Times

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    What's the future of the LA Times?
    1. 0:00Are Trump's rallies meant to affect policy?
    2. 10:13New LA Times leadership on the paper's futureYou’re reading this
    3. 22:04'Veep' star Julia Louis Dreyfus on political comedy
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