News Editor Dominic Patten Parts Ways with TheWrap

The staff turnover at TheWrap in recent months has been an ongoing topic of conversation in LA media circles. What does it all mean? There are differing theories.

Canadian-born journalist Dominic Patten is the latest depart, as of March 8th. After joining the site on a freelance basis in April 2009, he graduated to full-time status a year later, writing the column LA Noir and eventually serving as Sharon Waxman’s news editor.

“Sharon and I differed upon my role at TheWrap, so I decided it was time for me to leave,” Patten explained via telephone Sunday, surprising us with the separate revelation that he had run the first few miles of the LA Marathon before giving up because of the rain.

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