LA Times Exec Klein Joins CCLP as Executive in Residence

Jeffrey S. Klein, former senior executive with the Los Angeles Times and Times Mirror, has joined the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) as the 2010-2011 Executive in Residence. As both a lawyer and journalist, he has more than 24 years of experience operating newspaper, magazine, television and Internet businesses. At CCLP, Klein will focus on the New Models for News initiative and on how legacy media companies are moving into the digital age. In addition, Klein will contribute regularly to the CCLP blog (www.communicationleadership.org), participate in programs and workshops organized by the Center, including the News Entrepreneur Boot……Continue Reading LA Times Exec Klein Joins CCLP as Executive in Residence

Where Does The Buck Stop?

LOS ANGELES — President Obama, in an impossible position, decided to take a page from the Harry Truman-John F. Kennedy playbook as oil fouled the Gulf of Mexico and the second year of his presidency. "The Buck Stops Here" read the sign on Truman's desk in the Oval Office. "I am the responsible officer of this government," said Kennedy at a press conference after the disaster of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. In fact, or in private, Kennedy felt he was the victim of the incompetence and hubris of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint……Continue Reading Where Does The Buck Stop?