Tim Rutten, the Los Angeles Times Op-Ed columnist laid off last year, has been hired by the Los Angeles Daily News to opine on Southern California current affairs.
The Daily News, part of the Los Angeles News Group, announced the addition of Rutten on Friday.
He will write a regular Sunday opinion column, beginning this weekend. The column also will appear on the websites for the news group's other eight newspapers.
Rutten spent nearly 40 year as a reporter and editor at the Times. He was laid off in August 2011.
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