New York Times | Los Angeles Times
Some at the Los Angeles Times thought
Russ Stanton didn't have the stature or broad experience to run the paper, but "my guess is that overwhelmingly people will rally around him because fundamentally people want to be winners, not losers, and the defeatist mentality -- and this is not just the LA Times -- the defeatist mentality about the future of the news business has been rampant,” says publisher
David Hiller. ||
LAT: Stanton says he might be viewed as an unconventional choice.
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"Our strategy of fight-lose-shrink is not working," says Stanton (LAT)
