Village Voice takes the fifth ...(off the record)(Tony Ortega, fifth editor)(Brief article)

St. Louis Journalism Review | March 1, 2007| | Copyright

Uneasy lies the head, and all that jazz, is a major part of the news business these days. The Village Voice named its fifth new editor in 15 months, and the longtime editor of the New Republic relinquished his ownership stake, though he remains as editor in chief.

The Voice, part of the New Times chain that also owns the Riverfront Times, named Tony Ortega, 43, its new editor. A native of Los Angeles and a graduate of Cal State-Fullerton, Ortega goes to New York from the Miami area where he was editor of the Broward-Palm Beach New Times. His appointment makes him the ...

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