RD Recap: Austin Beutner Out at the LAT; Reuters Adds 3

The latest media hirings and firings.

The Los Angeles Times loses publisher Austin Beutner. “The firing is an unexpected one, though one built on long-brewing differences between Beutner and his boss Tribune Publishing CEO Jack Griffin,” Politico’s Ken Doctor reports. “It also follows quickly on Tribune Publishing’s rejection of overtures from a would-be buyer for the Times, an acquisition that would have taken the Times private. The firing and sales overture rejection are not unrelated.” Beutner had been on the job for about a year but rumors are flying that he wasn’t a “team player,” a quality that didn’t sit well with Griffin.

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