The Problem with Big Media
Or, as I should say, one of the problems with big media. Aside from narrowing viewpoints, the unwillingness to take chances and squeezing out the competition, another major problem is the tendency to get rid of publishers who don't support spending cuts:
The LA Times isn't sugarcoating the truth: Today it reports that publisher Jeff Johnson, who earned grateful appreciation from his staff by putting his foot down against cuts imposed by owners The Tribune Company, was duly "forced out" by those owners earlier today. The LAT's James Rainey makes the connection right off the bat:Deadline Hollywood is not pleased.
The Tribune Co. forced out Los Angeles Times Publisher Jeffrey M. Johnson this morning, a little more than a month after he defied the media conglomerate's demands for staff cuts that he suggested could damage the newspaper.
