L.A. Times Editor John Montorio Is Out

John Montorio, who has run the features department at the L.A. Times, is out. A managing editor on the masthead, Montorio just sent out a memo to his staff revealing the news, explaining that the paper’s new editor Russ Stanton wanted to take features in a "different direction, with a new leader." Nikki Finke, having Read More

The Unlikely Meeting Between Ed Kosner and Rupert Murdoch

On Monday, July 23, News Corporation chief executive Rupert Murdoch and Daily News editor Edward Kosner–field marshals in a Western Front-style New York City tabloid war–both visited Washington, D.C., to pay tribute to Katharine Graham, the late publisher of The Washington Post.

Mr. Kosner told a few News colleagues that while he was in D.C., Read More