'Superman' Johnson a hero to LA Times staff

Will Jeffrey Johnson lose his job? He is the Los Angeles Times publisher who has refused to carry out cuts demanded by the paper's owners, Tribune. In so doing, says a New York Times article about the stand-off, Johnson has transformed himself as dramatically as Clark Kent does when he removes his glasses, steps into a phone booth and turns into Superman. "Jeff has really emerged as a hero to a lot of us in the newsroom," said reporter Mark Barabak. But can Johnson and the editor who supports his act of defiance, Dean Baquet, survive given that the future of the LA Times, the fourth-biggest paper in the US, now hangs in the balance? (Via New York Times)