LA Times executive editor Norman Pearlstine steps down

[discocrisco01]

Source: The Associated Press

Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine has stepped down after two and a half years heading a newspaper roiled by management shakeups, a drop in revenue and questions about its commitment to newsroom diversity.

Pearlstine announced in October that he planned to retire but would stay on to help with the search for a new top editor.

The Times’ owner and executive chairman Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong wrote Monday in a note to staff that Pearlstine was no longer overseeing the newsroom and had shifted to an advisory role, the newspaper reported.

The paper recently hired a search firm to manage the process to find a new executive editor, which is expected to take several months, the Times said.

Read more: https://apnews.com/04b9d9e7e66cbe0b9b4a7e52b3879182

[underpants]

1. They slapped up a prohibitive pay wall that turned me off

I found some interesting reporting on their site but suddenly it wasn’t even 3 and done - it was none.

[LuckyLib]

2. Same with me. I lived in LA years ago. The Times was a top notch

newspaper, with dynamite in-depth reporting. The pay wall is nuts. I don’t look for anything with the Times. Skip right by it.