New York Times
Dean Baquet is defying Tribune and refusing to make cuts that the paper's owner requested. Staffers tell
Katharine Q. Seelye that Baquet's stance, with support from publisher
Jeffrey M. Johnson, has given the newsroom a morale boost. "Johnson comes out from Chicago and goes native,” says columnist
Steve Lopez. "He’s had a stiff drink of the Dean Baquet Kool-Aid and he's on the team."
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Earlier: Baquet says he doesn't plan to quit if Tribune forces cuts (LAT)
