Stanton Named Editor of the L.A. Times

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Russ Stanton, a 10-year veteran of the Los Angeles Times who has been in charge of invigorating its website, on Thursday became the newspaper’s 14th editor, the Los Angeles Times rerpots.


Stanton will lead a staff chafing from the recent exit of its third editor in less than three years and worried about job cuts. Former Editor James O’Shea and Publisher David D. Hiller parted ways Jan. 21 after a disagreement over whether the editorial budget should shrink.


The 49-year-old Stanton referred to “the high turnover rate in this job” in remarks he delivered in the paper’s third-floor newsroom in downtown Los Angeles.


“Like most of you, I was attracted to this great journalistic institution because of its size, reach and reputation,” he said. “I have grown tired and am now hopping mad over this seemingly endless ‘Groundhog Day’ nightmare. We in the newsroom need to figure out how to break this self-defeating cycle before it does indeed result in our defeat.”


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