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  • Los Angeles Times Editor Is Fired After 14 Months on Job, Source Says

    01/20/2008 1:32:27 PM PST · by BurbankKarl · 44 replies · 221+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 1/20/08 | EMILY STEEL
    Los Angeles Times editor James O'Shea was fired just 14 months after he assumed the post, over a budgetary disagreement with publisher David Hiller, according to a person familiar with the situation. Mr. O'Shea's exit comes little more than a month after the Times' parent company Tribune Co. was taken private in a $8.2 billion buyout. Chicago real estate magnate Sam Zell won effective control in the buyout and became chairman and CEO of Tribune. The Chicago-based company owns several newspapers, including the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune and Newsday, as well as a chain of TV stations. A Tribune...