Kathy Thomson, president and COO of the Los Angeles Times, is leaving the publication, she announced on Tuesday. In a memo, Thomson said she was heading to another opportunity but did not offer details. Her final day will be Nov. 29, Also read: Former La Times Columnist T.J. Simers Sues Paper, Frank McCourt for ‘Wrongful Termination’ The departing executive said she was “honored” and “proud” of her association and time spent with the publication. Thomson said, “There is much promise on the road ahead” for the publication. She added, “While change is inevitable, the La Times is here to stay.
- 11/20/2013
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Another Los Angeles Times media star is leaving after a tumultuous few weeks. Film columnist Patrick Goldstein left soon after the arrival of new La Times assistant managing editor for arts and entertainment John Corrigan. Now veteran entertainment writer Geoff Boucher, who founded the successful "Hero Complex" blog in 2008, is also leaving, but the Lat has not offered him a buyout. Why would they? His blog is on track to generate some 50 million page views a year. La Times president Kathy Thomson took Boucher to lunch last Friday to try and keep him. But it was too late. Boucher walked out on the paper, saying, "I'm done," after a heated debate with Corrigan. "The way it happened is not the way I had planned," Boucher admits. "I had an exchange with John Corrigan that changed my plan. I was going to sit tight until the creditors took over and see...
- 9/12/2012
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
A day after TheWrap reported that entertainment reporter Geoff Boucher was leaving the Los Angeles Times, the former Hero Complex blogger said he hopes to ride the success of his widely-read site into a new venture. Despite appeals from both the Times' editor Davan Maharaj and its President and COO Kathy Thomson, Boucher was determined to move on from the struggling newspaper. "It is very strange and sad to leave the paper after 21 years but it is completely my choice," he posted on his Facebook page Tuesday, responding to media reports...
- 9/11/2012
- by Alexander C. Kaufman
- The Wrap
The Los Angeles Times is shutting down its Sunday magazine. Citing the downturn in the magazine industry, La, Los Angeles Times Magazine will cease production on June 3, Times spokeswoman Nancy Sullivan told TheWrap. The closure will result in layoffs, Sullivan said, but she declined to say how many people would lose their jobs. In a letter to Times employees, obtained by TheWrap, COO Kathy Thomson thanked staff for their work on the publication, but implied that a changing economy prevented the magazine from continuing. Also read: Tribune Company ‘Deal From Hell’: A Tale of Greed...
- 5/16/2012
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Filling the newly vacant No. 2 post at the Los Angeles Times has turned into a proxy fight between the newspaper’s new editor, Davan Maharaj, and its President and COO, Kathy Thomson. As TheWrap reported on Tuesday, the two leading candidates to succeed Maharaj as managing editor for news are Sallie Hofmeister, assistant managing editor of arts & entertainment, and Scott Kraft, Page One editor. Also read: L.A. Times Rocked by More Turmoil: Top Editor Quits With Cuts Looming (Updated) According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Thomson wanted to name...
- 12/15/2011
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
By Sharon Waxman
L.A. Times executive editor John Arthur probably sealed his fate last Friday with a memo to his boss, editor Russ Stanton, in which he extolled the virtues of the newsroom.
The staff is doing great journalism, he observed, while questioning the rampant rumors of reductions to the masthead and impending changes to their jobs.
Thursday Arthur became the first casualty of those changes. He was fired after 23 years at the paper. (It probably didn’t help that Arthur cc’ed Stanton’s boss, Kathy Thomson, on the memo.)
Arthur becomes the ...
L.A. Times executive editor John Arthur probably sealed his fate last Friday with a memo to his boss, editor Russ Stanton, in which he extolled the virtues of the newsroom.
The staff is doing great journalism, he observed, while questioning the rampant rumors of reductions to the masthead and impending changes to their jobs.
Thursday Arthur became the first casualty of those changes. He was fired after 23 years at the paper. (It probably didn’t help that Arthur cc’ed Stanton’s boss, Kathy Thomson, on the memo.)
Arthur becomes the ...
- 7/3/2009
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
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