Baquet could be eyeing spot at New York Times

By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
December 14, 2006

The former L.A. Times editor's prospects of returning to the paper are said to be fading.

Ousted Los Angeles Times Editor Dean Baquet is considering taking a top management position at the New York Times as prospects fade for his return to the Los Angeles paper, according to several of Baquet's confidantes.

The editor has not accepted a position and has been telling associates for weeks that his preference would be for a new owner of the Los Angeles Times to restore him to his old post.

But the auction of Times' parent, Tribune Co. of Chicago, will drag into the first quarter of next year. Baquet has told friends that for financial and other reasons he can't afford to wait too long and would soon make a decision about returning to the New York Times, where he previously served as national editor.

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