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LA Times publisher replaced over staff cuts row

The Los Angeles Times parted company with publisher Jeff Johnson on Thursday following his reported refusal to implement staff cuts proposed by the newspaper's owners Tribune Publishing.

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LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Times parted company with publisher Jeff Johnson on Thursday following his reported refusal to implement staff cuts proposed by the newspaper's owners Tribune Publishing.   
 
A statement by Tribune named David Hiller as the new president, publisher and chief executive of the Times, indicating Johnson had resigned over a difference of opinion over Tribune's plans for the paper.   
 
"Jeff and I agreed that this change is best at this time because Tribune and Times executives need to be aligned on how to shape our future," said Tribune Publishing president Scott Smith.
 
"We thank Jeff for his leadership of important advances at the Times and his significant contributions during his Tribune career."   
 
Johnson had been publisher of the Times since March 2005 after joining the newspaper five years earlier as a senior vice-president.   
 
The Los Angeles Times reported on its website Thursday that Johnson had been forced out after defying Tribune's demands for staff cuts that he suggested could damage the newspaper.
 
With a circulation of around 840,000 readers, the Los Angeles Times is the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States after The New York Times.
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