Updated on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 3:25 p.m. PT: Nicco Mele, the Los Angeles Times’ senior vice president and deputy publisher, will be leaving the paper after being hired by Austin Beutner last November. Mele is the third member of the ousted publisher’s executive team to leave in the last 24 hours.
“Nicco gave a lot of people hope about the continued development of the web space, in editorial and production. Back to square one,” an L.A. Times insider told TheWrap.
Renata Simril, the paper’s senior vice president and chief of staff, also informed staff Thursday afternoon that she will be leaving on Friday due to Beutner’s abrupt firing earlier this week, according to Politico.