Tribune Faces Discontent After Firing at LA Times

New York Times: Publisher Austin Beutner’s firing has widened a divide between the Los Angeles Times and its corporate parent Tribune Publishing. In Chicago, execs saw him as imperious and defiant, imperiling a centralization strategy that had recently saved the company $75 million. But to many at the Times, Beutner and his plan represented ambition and optimism after more than a decade of management turnover, layoffs and cost-cutting. The strategy, focused on growth, had quickly yielded more than $1 million in new revenue, and looked poised to yield more.