POLITICO Playbook PM: LAT lands a bold-face editor
POLITICO Playbook PM: LAT lands a bold-face editor Presented by Kevin Merida was seen as an early favorite to succeed Marty Baron as top editor of the Washington Post, but instead he’ll steer the L.A. Times. | Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival MEDIAWATCH — “ESPN’s Kevin Merida named L.A. Times executive editor,”L.A. Times: “Since 2015, Merida has been editor in chief of the Undefeated, the award-winning ESPN division that plumbs the intersection of race, culture and sports. … Merida also spent three decades in traditional newsrooms, including 22 years at the...
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