The Los Angeles Times has not hired its next top editor yet, but the search has progressed to “advanced rounds of interviews” with internal and external candidates, Chris Argentieri, the Times’ president, said at an all-staff meeting on Thursday.
“I can understand why some may feel that it’s been a slow process, a drawn-out process. I don’t really view it that way,” Argentieri said, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by TheWrap. “I don’t think our owners view it as a rush. We want to get it right. I think everybody benefits from that.”
The Times’ owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, did not speak at the meeting.