Newspaper man David Hiller stepped down from his post as the publisher of the Los Angeles Times on July 14, 2008. He had spent 21 months as head of the periodical.Los Angeles Times: David Hiller Resigns (July 14, 2008) He was appointed to the position in October of 2006, and was previously the publisher and CEO of the Chicago Tribune.Los Angeles Times: David Hiller Profile During his tenure at the Los Angeles paper, Hiller made wide-sweeping staff cuts.Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles Times to cut 250 jobs (July 2, 2008)

• "My priority would be to do the best possible job for our readers and online users in foreign and national, and we're going to continue to do that."—David Hiller, on taking a position at the Los Angeles TimesPBS: Frontline Interview (January 25, 2008)