LAT’s Eddy Hartenstein’s First Move: Poach From Freedom Communications

334_scottm.jpgAmong the first moves of new LAT publisher Eddy Hartenstein was to snag Freedom Communication‘s Scott McKibben.

McKibben will be the LAT’s Chief Revenue Officer… which should be a pretty easy job seeing how there are fewer numbers to add up with each passing year.

Ed Padgett has the full memo here, but here’s your highlight:

“Scott already knows all the key players in our industry and how newspapers work—no learning curve here.”

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