“As The Los Angeles Times’s first nonwhite owners in its nearly 139-year history, my wife, Michele, and I are determined to increase diversity within the organization,” he wrote. “We believe that The Times can better represent Los Angeles and California by providing more and better coverage of Black, Latino, Asian and other underrepresented communities in our English- and Spanish-language publications. We have committed to hiring more reporters and editors of color and to building an organizational culture that truly values representation and equity.”
Mr. Pearlstine started his career as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in the late 1960s and went on to hold some of the most prestigious positions in journalism. After serving as the top editor of Forbes and The Journal, he spent a decade as the editorial leader of Time Inc., overseeing Time, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly and other prominent magazines.
He left that job in 2005 and later became the chief content officer of Bloomberg. After a brief return to Time Inc., he announced his retirement in 2017 — only to find himself back at work the next year.
After a tense summer at The Los Angeles Times, the Sept. 21 article seemed to accelerate the succession process. In the story, Dr. Soon-Shiong said he would start looking for the executive editor’s replacement when Mr. Pearlstine was ready to leave, and Mr. Pearlstine said he hoped to discuss the issue with the owner before the year was out.
“The right person will be the right person when that person shows up,” Dr. Soon-Shiong said in an interview with his own paper. “To be honest, we’ve not found or seen that person yet.”
Now the search begins in earnest.
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/business/media/los-angeles-times-norman-pearlstine.html
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