Change of control at LA Times Magazine

Control of The Los Angeles Times' magazine will now sit with business operations instead of the newsroom and the change includes replacing the magazine's editorial staff, according to reports from The New York Times.

"The arrangement would flout the tradition at most newspapers, which keep business operations, like advertising and circulation, completely separate from the editorial department, which controls decisions about the contents of news and feature pages. The plan for the magazine was set in motion months ago. A new editor and others were hired, future issues were planned, and mock-up covers were made — all without the knowledge of anyone in the newsroom, including the top editor, Russ Stanton, the executives said. Mr. Stanton and other high-ranking editors learned of the plan last week, they said."

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