Assertive editors

For those McClatchy editors who missed the longer story of Gary Pruitt's appearance on the Newhouse Schoolprogram earlier today, here's a handy clip-and-save version of the money quote:

That response prompted Auletta to push the question further by adding that Baquet had publicly challenged executives: "We want our editors to stand up and assert themselves," said Pruitt, who was serving as a proxy for the newspaper industry in general and the Tribune Co. specifically. "I don't want them to be punished for asserting themselves."