Although daily print circulation had sunk to roughly 200,000, Mr. Rich breathed new life into the paper. Mr. Rich also dropped the Daily News affiliation from his Twitter bio. In naming Mr. York as the replacement for Mr. Rich, Tronc is following a playbook that did not have success at The Los Angeles Times, when, in similar fashion, it gave the job of top editor to an outsider with a business background. The newsroom greeted his appointment with skepticism, and Mr. D’Vorkin lasted two months in the role. After tensions between the newsroom employees and Tronc continued, the company sold the paper to Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong in February for $500 million.

Source: New York Times July 23, 2018 14:05 UTC