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The highest three highest-ranking editors under Dean Baquet at the Los Angeles Times have reportedly agreed to quit on the spot if Baquet gets fired, writes Nikki Finke in her Deadline Hollywood Daily blog for LA Weekly.
The so-called “suicide pact” was made between Doug Frantz, Leo Wolinsky and John Montorio, all three of whom were promoted by Baquet in October 2005.
According to the Times, Frantz has been overseeing the paper’s major news operations, Wolinsky runs the paper’s front-page operation and assumes responsibilities for efforts to attract more readers and gain circulation and Montorio works on a variety of special news projects, including the development of more profiles in the main news section and improved coverage of trends, writes Finke.
Comments to the effect of, “Hey, if Baquet does get fired, how many of the three editors under him really need replacing?” have begun to spread within the newsroom, Finke writes.
The Los Angeles Times became, in July of 2005 when Baquet was named editor, the largest newspaper ever to be led by a black journalist.
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