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Washington Post Top Editor Calls It Quits

Downie presided as Internet transformed newspapers, media

Washington Post Washington Post Jun 23, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Washington Post 's executive editor is retiring, he said today, after a 17-year run that included many prizes, painful staff cuts, and the rise of the Internet. A low-profile but highly respected figure, Leonard Downie Jr. told his staff he would miss the paper. "At the same time I'm ready to do this, because so much further change now needs to take place at the newspaper and Web site, and someone else should be tackling that." More »

More about:  newspaper • retirement • Washington Post • editor • newsroom cuts • newsrooms

 Honey, I'm Shrinking
 the Tribune Papers 

Zell plans to slice pages to offset $13B debt

Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Sun-Times Jun 6, 08 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Publisher Sam Zell has announced he'll quickly slash pages and more editorial jobs to offset huge debts and  a larger-than-anticipated decline in advertising revenue at his newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune . An 80-page edition of the Tribune could be sliced to 48 pages, reports the Chicago Sun-Times . The papers have already lost a significant number of staffers to buyouts. More »

More about:  debt • Tribune Company • Sam Zell • Los Angeles Times • job cuts • Chicago Tribune • cost cutting • newsroom cuts

LA Times Shakeup: He Said, He Said

Editor who may have quit, publisher who may have fired him disagree

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jan 22, 08 2:23 PM CST
(Newser) - In announcing that James O'Shea was leaving the LA Times, publisher David Hiller said the paper's top editor was "unable to make the hard choices" involved in budget-cutting. But the rift may run deeper: O'Shea tells the Wall Street Journal his ideological differences over how to save a sinking paper just didn't gel with Hiller's. More »

More about:  journalism • Tribune Company • Los Angeles Times • newsroom cuts • David Hiller • James O'Shea

LA Times Loses 3rd Editor to Budget Disputes

It's déjà vu for bigwigs: O'Shea is forced out after refusing cutbacks

Associated Press Associated Press Jan 21, 08 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The top editor of the Los Angeles Times has been fired after a confrontation with publisher David Hiller over $4 million in planned newsroom cutbacks, reports AP. James O'Shea's departure after just 14 months marks the third time in less than three years that the paper's top editor has left over budget issues. Hiller denies that he fired O'Shea and said his departure was part of a "reorganization." More »

More about:  journalism • Tribune Company • Sam Zell • Los Angeles Times • newsroom cuts • David Hiller • budget dispute • James O'Shea

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