Is he fooling his staff or himself? The new Los Angeles Times publisher, Eddy Hartenstein, says the paper will operate with greater autonomy from its crisis-ridden corporate parent, Tribune Company, as it tries to reverse steep circulation and revenue declines while overcoming the trauma of recent staff cuts.
In conversations with Tribune's chairman and ceo, Sam Zell, said Hartenstein, he "satisfied me that I was going to be able to do this the way I saw fit." Reality check: Hartenstein is the ailing paper's fourth publisher since it was acquired in 2000 by Tribune. (Via LA Times)
