Editors

After 22 years as an integral part of The Times sports department, Mike James was named sports editor Monday. James, 60, replaces Randy Harvey, who recently became the paper's associate editor after three years as sports editor.

The editor of the Los Angeles Times will leave the paper in a dispute over newsroom cuts, becoming the fourth senior executive in less than three years to depart after resisting budget reductions. James E. O'Shea, editor since November 2006, said Sunday that he was forced out after disagreeing with Times Publisher David D. Hiller's plan to shrink the newsroom budget. "We did not share a common vision for the future of the L.A. Times," O'Shea said.

Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell on Monday backed Los Angeles Times Publisher David D. Hiller's decision to replace the newspaper's editor. "I've said loud and clear that I am returning control of our businesses to the people who run them," Zell told Tribune employees in an e-mail message. "That means David Hiller has my full support. He carries direct responsibility for the staffing and financial success of the L.A. Times." Hiller said in an interview that he notified Zell last week that James E.

The San Francisco Chronicle has lured the Arizona Republic's top editor to take the same job at Northern California's largest daily newspaper. Ward H. Bushee, who has led the Republic editorial staff the last five years, will begin running the Chronicle's newsroom Feb. 1. Phil Bronstein, the Chronicle's editor for the last seven years, accepted a broader assignment as editor at large for the Chronicle and its owner, Hearst Corp.

Russ Stanton, a 10-year veteran of the Los Angeles Times who has been in charge of invigorating its website, on Thursday became the newspaper's 14th editor. Stanton will lead a staff chafing from the recent exit of its third editor in less than three years and worried about job cuts. Former Editor James O'Shea and Publisher David D. Hiller parted ways Jan. 21 after a disagreement over whether the editorial budget should shrink.

John Montorio, Los Angeles Times managing editor for features, said Monday that he was stepping down at the request of the newspaper's new editor in the latest shake-up of top management at The Times. Montorio, 59, a seven-year veteran of The Times who was promoted to managing editor for features in July, said in a memo to his staff that Editor Russ Stanton wants to take coverage in a "different direction, with a new leader."

The man whom admirers call the "Patrick Henry of the Valley" is stepping down from his bully pulpit. The Los Angeles Daily News announced Friday that its editor, Ron Kaye, was resigning after a 23-year tenure that helped define the modern image of the San Fernando Valley.

Marcus Brauchli is quitting as managing editor of the Wall Street Journal after less than a year on the job, a person familiar with the matter said late Monday. Brauchli's departure, first reported on Time magazine's website, comes four months after the Journal's parent company, Dow Jones & Co., was acquired by Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate, News Corp.

According to everyone, Clay Felker's New York magazine was the best. "Clay Felker's New York" is a phrase that refers to a man (who died Tuesday from throat cancer at age 82, at his home in Manhattan) and the magazine he started and edited -- first in 1964 as a Sunday supplement to the New York Herald Tribune and then relaunched on its own in 1968 with Felker's last dime at the time, until Rupert Murdoch wrested it from him in a 1977 takeover.

Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth introduced Marcus W. Brauchli on Tuesday as the new executive editor of one of the nation's most influential newspapers, but one that shares the industry's struggles with declining revenue and shrinking print readership. "It is a great honor and possibly the most challenging thing I have ever done to stand before this room and to join you in this great institution," Brauchli told a newsroom gathering.