The revolution will be covered in ivy

Andrew Heyward, former president of CBS News, commented on the resignation of David Westin as head of ABC News:

The thing to watch is who ABC appoints as Mr. Westin’s successor, Mr. Heyward said. (No names have yet emerged as serious contenders). Someone with formal corporate training, like a person from ABC’s stations division, would most likely forecast a decision to manage costs in the short term, he said. Someone with a digital background, like a former Google executive, could signal a radical and more long-term approach.

 The choice ahead will require an extremely diverse pool of applicants, as Mr. Heyward pointed out:

“I think you’ll either see someone from Harvard Business School or a Harvard dropout.”

(via Romenesko)

New Yorker hires ME

The New Yorker has hired Amelia Lester as the magazine's managing editor. She's 26 years old.

According to the New York Observer, Lester grew up in Sydney, graduated from Harvard, where she wrote for the Crimson, and most recently worked as an editor at Paris Review. She used to be a fact checker at the New Yorker, working with writers Sy Hersh and Jane Mayer.

Lester replaces Kate Julian, who's moving to DC, the Observer reports.

Jarvis on Stanton on Twitter

Los Angeles Times Editor Russ Stanton is speaking today at "The Future of News" conference at Harvard Law School, where BuzzMachine's Jeff Jarvis just tweeted the following:

Stanton says they are going to cut the circ of the Sunday magazine in half in April to go just to the demos advertisers want.

Jarvis also twittered this...

Stanton says pay for news is "not a practical or realistic solution to our woes."

and this...

Russ Stanton is talking about how he brought the LATimes to the web as innovation officer.

Read all of Jarvis' TFON Tweets here or watch the conference here.

The wisdom of the axe

Los Angeles Times Editor Russ Stanton and former LAT Editor Jim O'Shea discussed the wisdom of and prospects for making further newsroom cuts at the paper, and opine as to whether the Times should simply shut down the presses (the answer is no, because the print edition is still the real money maker). The two met at a conference at Harvard Law School.