Sukumar is Mint’s new editor

September 24th, 2009 LA Times taps Goldberg as editorial page editorLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Times has picked Nicholas Goldberg, the newspaper's deputy editorial page editor, to take charge of the opinion section. The job gives Goldberg, a former Newsday reporter who joined the Times in 2003, oversight of the newspaper's editorial board as well as Op-Ed pieces and letters to the editor.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sanjaya Baru, former media advisor to the prime minister, will return to the world of journalism when he joins the financial daily Business Standard as editor from Oct 1. Editor-in-chief T.N.

August 8th, 2009 Maples resigns as Post-Dispatch managing editorST. LOUIS — St.

July 21st, 2009 Min resigns after 6 years as Us Weekly editorNEW YORK — Janice Min, the editor in chief of Us Weekly for six years, is leaving the celebrity magazine to pursue "other opportunities." Though Min, 39, is stepping down from the magazine at a difficult time for print media, Us Weekly has held up well. Us Weekly says its ad pages were down 10 percent for the first half of 2009, compared with a 28 percent decline for the rest of the magazine industry.

June 16th, 2009 Dow Jones names Wall Street Journal Europe editorNEW YORK — Patience Wheatcroft, a former editor for The Times of London and The Sunday Telegraph, was named Tuesday as The Wall Street Journal's editor-in-chief for Europe. The appointment comes amid a broad reorganization that began with its takeover more than a year ago by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

May 9th, 2009 Zelio appointed Central assistant sports editorCHICAGO — Dave Zelio, assistant bureau chief for The Associated Press in Chicago, has been selected as assistant sports editor for the AP's Central desk, which covers 14 states in the Midwest. Zelio will coordinate sports coverage from the Dakotas east to Michigan and south to Texas.

May 9th, 2009 Zelio appointed AP Central assistant sports editorCHICAGO — Dave Zelio, assistant bureau chief for The Associated Press in Chicago, has been selected as assistant sports editor for the AP's Central desk, which covers 14 states in the Midwest. Zelio will coordinate sports coverage from the Dakotas east to Michigan and south to Texas.

May 8th, 2009 1st woman editorial page editor for Miami HeraldMIAMI — The Miami Herald reports it has chosen its first woman and its first Hispanic journalist to become the editorial page editor. Myriam Marquez was born in Havana, Cuba.

May 8th, 2009 Miami Herald editor to head board of PulitzersNEW YORK — Miami Herald Executive Editor Anders Gyllenhaal (JILL'-in-hahl) has been named the new chairman of the Pulitzer Prize Board. Herald staff members have won several awards during his tenure, including two Pulitzers.

April 28th, 2009 Milwaukee editor is president of news editor groupMILWAUKEE — The editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has been appointed the new president of the American Society of News Editors. Martin Kaiser succeeds Charlotte H.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Publishing house HarperCollins Wednesday launched its business imprint 'Collins Business' with its original title, 'Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen - 11 Indians Who Pulled Off the Impossible' by Porus Munshi. The aim was to bring more indigenous business books in the Indian market, the publishers said.

March 21st, 2009 CHENNAI - He had married at least three women and was planning to marry many more, but was caught when his newest 'wife' picked up a call from another wife and the two women realised he had cheated on them. The man, a 31-year-old post-graduate, has been arrested, the police here said Friday.

March 14th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The Journalist's Action Committee and the Journalists' Forum, Assam mourned the death of Dr. Khiren Roy, a veteran journalist of Assam.

January 7th, 2009 COLOMBO - The chief editor of a leading Sri Lankan weekly, Sunday Leader, was shot and wounded by gunmen Thursday on the outskirts of Colombo, military sources said. The sources said Lasatha Wickramatunga had been admitted to the Kalubowila National Hospital here with gunshot injuries.

December 27th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Delhi-based business paper from HT Media, Mint, has reshuffled its top editorial management that has seen Raju Narisetti stepping down as editor. HT Media said Narisetti, who had launched the paper in February 2007 after quitting as editor of the Wall Street Journal's European edition, will continue his association with the company as its advisory editorial director.