San Diego Union-Tribune Editor Exits After Vulture Capital Firm Alden Takes Control from LA billionaire owner
The venture capital fund, which warned staff last week it was preparing to execute layoffs, made its first cost cut: the paper's longtime editor in chief. Its part of a dramatic reshape of SoCal news
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San Diego Union-Tribune executive editor Jeff Light announced Thursday he was leaving the newspaper, a week after Los Angeles billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong sold the news outlet to vulture capital firm Alden Global Capital.
Light said in an email to st…