LA TIMES EDITOR AXED

All too commonplace these days are newsrooms coming under the gun when it comes to finances. What with online news venues, classified ad portals like craigslist and job sites like Monster, it's never been harder for a newspaper to be in business. This is a sad sign of the times ...

L.A Times Fires Editor in Dispute Over Budget Cuts, Month After Newspaper Parent Company Sold
By John Rogers, Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Times fired its top editor after he rejected a management order to cut $4 million from the newsroom budget, 14 months after his predecessor was also ousted in a budget dispute, the newspaper said Sunday.

James O'Shea was fired following a confrontation with Publisher David D. Hiller, the Times reported on its Web site. The story didn't say when the confrontation took place.

Times spokeswoman Nancy Sullivan said the newspaper would have no comment.

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