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Topic: So What Do You Do, Russ Stanton, Editor, LA Times?
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| Louisewasnothalfbad | Posted – 6/4/2008 12:01:53 PM | show profile Couldn't MB have found someone who actually lives in LA to do this interview? "The paper's editorial page recently came out against proposition 98, which was kind of a bold move considering that one of Zell's companies donated money in support of it. Was this a difficult issue to manage at all? Did you inform Zell of the editorial beforehand? And how is dealing with him as a boss, generally? " "I haven't talked to the guy since two days before I got this job. I met him before I was named, and he told me then that he wasn't going to screw around with the editorial stance of the paper. I actually don't control the editorial pages here -- that's done by a guy named Jim Newton -- but we didn't tell him beforehand and he probably read about it like everyone else. And I think if anyone was worried about our editorial independence, I think we answered that question right there." Jim Newton just left. What a pathetic excuse for an interview. |
| Grateful Deadline | Posted – 6/4/2008 1:31:39 PM | show profile FWIW, Jim Newton hasn't left. He plans to stay through July. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 6/4/2008 2:41:01 PM | show profile He just announced today he was leaving, and would stay through July. At the time the interview was done, there might have been rumors floating around that he might leave, but Newton was certainly in charge of the editorial section when the interview was conducted. |
