Los Angeles Times’s Fired Publisher Sounds Off Online

TheWrap: Austin Beutner has sounded off about his Los Angeles Times departure, admitting he was abruptly fired from the newspaper. “I am writing to let you know that I am leaving the Los Angeles Times, effective immediately,” Beutner wrote in a 1,316-word Facebook post. “I am not departing by choice, nor is this some ‘mutual agreement’ on my part and Tribune Publishing. Tribune Publishing has decided to fire me. I am sorry you will read this on social media, but I no longer have access to my Times email.”