LA Times Owner Seeks to Reassure Newsroom on Top Editor Search: ‘We’re Making Progress’
Patrick Soon-Shiong reiterates commitment to ownership of paper in note to staffJ. Clara Chan | March 11, 2021 @ 3:27 PM Last Updated: March 11, 2021 @ 3:30 PM
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Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong sought to reassure his staff that he was “making progress” on hiring the paper’s next executive editor in an email on Thursday, even as no decision appears imminent with the leading candidate, ESPN’s Kevin Merida.
“I understand that there’s a lot of interest in the search for the next editor of the L.A. Times. We’re not ready to break any news yet, but rest assured that we’re making progress and will share what we can on the 25th,” he wrote in a note to staff, referring to an upcoming company-wide meeting hosted by Chris Argentieri, the president of the L.A. Times and the The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Nancy Antoniou, the chief human
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