Former LA Times executive editor Kevin Merida, in his first interview since leaving the publication earlier this year, said “some disagreements” with owner Patrick Soon-Shiong led to his exit from the paper earlier this year. Merida’s comment came during a one-on-one interview with Oliver Darcy of Status News at TheWrap’s annual TheGrill conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Two major job cuts — one in June 2023 that eliminated 74 newsroom positions, and another 115 layoffs in January 2024 —

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