Press Play with Madeleine Brand

With new leadership at the LA Times, what does it mean for journalism?

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 .

By Madeleine Brand • Aug 22, 2017 • 1 min read

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.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

With new leadership at the LA Times, what does it mean for journalism?

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 .

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

With new leadership at the LA Times, what does it mean for journalism?

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 .

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