In this April 13, 2018 photo, Patrick Soon-Shiong, the new owner of the Los Angeles Times, poses for a photo in the newspaper’s Globe Lobby, in Los Angeles, Calif. The Los Angeles Times reports that biotech billionaire Dr. Soon-Shiong officially takes control of the storied newspaper and the San Diego Union-Tribune on Monday, June 18, 2018. Soon-Shiong is spending $500 million for the two news organizations, Spanish-language Hoy and some community newspapers from Chicago-based Tronc. The Times once had more than 1,200 journalists and more than 25 foreign bureaus. Now it employs about 400 journalists.(Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via AP)
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