We have it on excellent authority (Update: Apparenlty not - see below) that the new managing editor at the Los Angeles Times is John Arthur (left), currently the assistant managing editor/Page One editor. Arthur will replace current ME Doug Frantz (right), whose departure was announced just yesterday by LAT editor Jim O'Shea. Frantz, a veteran investigative reporter, will be joining the Wall Street Journal as Middle East bureau chief.
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