Veteran journalist Norman Pearlstine named executive editor of the Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES - Norman Pearlstine, who has spent 50 years in journalism helping shape some of the nation's most prominent publications - including Time Inc. magazines, Bloomberg News, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal - on Monday was named executive editor of the Los Angeles Times.
It was the first major move by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who completed his $500-million purchase of The Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Spanish-language Hoy and several community papers from Chicago newspaper company Tronc.
During the last two months, Pearlstine, 75, has served as an advisor to Soon-Shiong, charged with creating a transition plan. He will now help execute that plan.
"Not only does he have amazing experience with the full knowledge of how a newsroom runs - but he's amazingly modern and forward-looking," Soon-Shiong said. "There's no agenda, other than to make this the best journalistic institution. We're lucky to be able to capture
