Stuart Emmrich is leaving the Los Angeles Times after less than year.
Although he only joined the paper in January to lead its Lifestyle section (including style and travel coverage) as an assistant managing editor, Emmrich has resigned, WWD has learned. He will stay on through the end of October.
Emmrich told WWD that while he enjoyed the job and “it was exciting to be part of the reinvention” happening at the L.A. Times under its new billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, he simply could not make the move to live in L.A. full-time. Prior to the L.A. Times, Emmrich was the Styles editor at The New York Times for seven years before moving to an “at large” role in 2017. He’d lived and worked in New York media since the Eighties.
“The logistics of a cross-country commute finally just became too much,” Emmrich added. “I regret having to resign, but am grateful for the chance to have worked with some enormously talented editors and writers these past nine months.”
Norm Pearlstine, executive editor of the L.A. Times since Soon-Shiong took over, also said that it was Emmrich’s decision to leave as he wanted to return to New York full-time.
“I accept his resignation with respect
Although he only joined the paper in January to lead its Lifestyle section (including style and travel coverage) as an assistant managing editor, Emmrich has resigned, WWD has learned. He will stay on through the end of October.
Emmrich told WWD that while he enjoyed the job and “it was exciting to be part of the reinvention” happening at the L.A. Times under its new billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, he simply could not make the move to live in L.A. full-time. Prior to the L.A. Times, Emmrich was the Styles editor at The New York Times for seven years before moving to an “at large” role in 2017. He’d lived and worked in New York media since the Eighties.
“The logistics of a cross-country commute finally just became too much,” Emmrich added. “I regret having to resign, but am grateful for the chance to have worked with some enormously talented editors and writers these past nine months.”
Norm Pearlstine, executive editor of the L.A. Times since Soon-Shiong took over, also said that it was Emmrich’s decision to leave as he wanted to return to New York full-time.
“I accept his resignation with respect