LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine has stepped down after two and a half years heading a newspaper roiled by management shakeups, a drop in revenue and questions about its commitment to newsroom diversity.Pearlstine announced in October that he planned to retire but would stay on to help with the search for a new top editor.
The Times’ owner and executive chairman Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong wrote Monday in a note to staff that Pearlstine was no longer overseeing the newsroom and had shifted to an advisory role, the newspaper reported.
The paper recently hired a search firm to manage the process to find a new executive editor, which is expected to take several months, the Times said.Two veteran managers will.