Ethan Shanfeld The Los Angeles Times has selected Kevin Merida, who spent two decades at The Washington Post and led ESPN’s The Undefeated vertical since 2015, as its next executive editor.Merida, who will start in June, will serve as the paper’s 19th executive editor and will be the third person of color to lead the L.A.
Times. He replaces veteran editor and reporter Norman Pearlstine, who now serves as a senior advisor to the executive chairman.“I am excited to be the next executive editor of the L.A.
Times, and will bring with me an open heart, a penchant for experimentation and a fiercely competitive spirit,” Merida said in a statement.
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