A new Politico report is shedding light on the 'awkward' and 'tense' relationship between the LA Times and its billionaire owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong.
into its next era. Yet it wasn’t Merida at the center of Politico’s sprawling report; it was his boss, billionaireMichele Chan. While the billionaire's purchase of the paper may have been key to its survival, an “awkward and at times tense relationship…has developed between the newsroom and the ownership family,” Politico reports, noting “accusations that ownership, including Nika Soon-Shiong, is meddling in news coverage.
executive told Politico. “And they have in their own way resisted efforts to learn. They don’t care that much about the institution’s history. They’re not super interested in the media in general, in terms of how it works.” Speaking with more than three dozen current and former staffers, Politico observed a widespread sense of concern for the paper's editorial independence under the Soon-Shiong family. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a pharmaceutical executive, has "contacted multiplejournalists during the pandemic to urge them to write specific stories featuring people he has worked with on vaccines," Politico reported.
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