Talk:Ross Levinsohn

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http://valleywag.com/358859/aol-myspace-bosses-bloody-vc-merger

http://gawker.com/5052345/wheres-ross-levinsohn-and-jon-millers-vc-pot-of-gold?tag=velocity-interactive-group

http://fusecapital.com/partners/ross-levinsohn

http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/27/yahoo-hires-ross-levinsohn-to-run-americas-business/

http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/14/tc50-backstage-ross-levinsohn-on-myspace-ad-industry/

http://allthingsd.com/20111110/yahoo-gives-retargeters-the-boot-ad-networks-next/

http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/06/09/yahoos-ross-levinsohn-were-still-no-1/

http://pressroom.yahoo.net/pr/ycorp/ross-levinsohn.aspx Ottawahitech (talk) 05:20, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Expand biography

Article seems rather short on someone who has been in many top positions in top companies. Wikieditor101 (talk) 02:16, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This bio was filled with much extraneous, unverifiable, and non-biographical claims, some of which is now removed. It continues to be short on verifiable citations. This bio appears to have been written by the subject. Skywriter (talk) 18:00, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

!! Watch how this works. Rednblu (talk) 06:14, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Resume

This looks like it was written for him to find a new job.--CharlesDeMint (talk) 22:17, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Los Angeles Times

On 21 August 2017, Levinsohn was named the publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times by tronc, replacing Davan Maharaj.^[1] In January 2018, Levinsohn was put on leave after NPR reported that he had been named as a defendant in two sexual harassment lawsuits at two previous companies. An independent investigation by a global law firm found significant errors in the defamatory NPR report including that neither lawsuit personally accused Levinsohn of any wrongdoing, and that he had been dismissed from both lawsuits prior to each being settled. Levinsohn remained as a senior executive at both companies. Both cases were settled not as sexual harassment suits, but on other ground. The NPR report intentionally slanted the story for an attack on executives at Tronc to foster the unionization of the LA Times newsroom. The newsroom vote took place the day after the publication of the story^[2] also accused Levinsohn of various misdeeds, all of which were found to be inaccurate, or completely false. A Business Insider report ^[3]confirmed the mistakes and Levinsohn was reinstated and named CEO of Tribune Interactive as the LA Times was sold^[4] during his time away. https://nypost.com/2018/02/08/la-times-publisher-cleared-of-wrongdoing-given-tronc-post/

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^ "Ross Levinsohn is named the new publisher and CEO of the L.A. Times as top editors are ousted". Los Angeles Times. 21 August 2017. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "LA Times to unionize". Salon.
^ Levinsohn, ross. https://www.businessinsider.com/media-exec-ross-levinsohn-says-metoo-weaponized-against-him-2019-2. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "LA Times sold to billionaire investor".

Sexual harrassment

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I noticed the article is edit locked, with an orphaned sexual harassment statement in the lede, with no additional info in the article. Since this leaves the reader wondering what the resolution was, perhaps the lede can be changed to say

Levinsohn has been a defendant in two separate sexual harassment lawsuits during his career, which were both settled by his employers.

Also, ANI requested that any edit warring editors discuss their concerns here on the talk page, so this is as good a place to start as any. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:11, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done @Timtempleton: Just read the source (without evaluating its reliableness) wich mentions "lawsuits": one in 2001 that does not mention the result of the case; one in 2006 that was "withdrawn" then refiled in 2007 that was "settled". Did you find a source that reported the disposition of the first case? It also seems like this is three cases? Some of this just doesn't seem to add up and the longer section in the article doesn't seem to go in to this either. I'm not ever sure this should be in the lede since it isn't derived more from the body. So I don't think this edit request is "ready to go" and needs more discussion here first. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:19, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux: I also noticed that there's no collaborating info in the article, as is usually required, but that's much more complex an edit request than the simple one I made. Here's the source. [[1]]. Since nobody should remove the charges from the lede, since they are accurate and widely reported, at least we can make my change to state the resolution accurately. Or you can wait for who know how long for someone to write an entire section about the accusations. But even then, the lede is incomplete unless you make my edit request. I have no horse in this race and came because I'm stalking the administrator's noticeboard, where a 3RR was reported. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 22:20, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Timtempleton: I've never even looked at this article before, only came because of the {{sudo}} summoning - but a quick look at the history reveals that this lede section has been part of the edit war - so WP:BRD applies, time for discussion (and additional edit requests shouldn't be opened until the discussion is done - kind of the point of the edit war stoppage with protection). — xaosflux ^Talk 22:30, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux: Agree about the discussion needed - hopefully it will start soon. But until then, it seems incomplete and unsatisfying to leave the vague statement in the lede without info about how the charges were resolved. Saying the charges were settled is of course a negative thing, implying guilt, so there's no attempt to whitewash here - just to make the article more useful. As it is now, for all the reader knows, he was acquitted or found guilty, two extremes. My middle ground keeps it balanced. Just my 2 cents. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 22:38, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Update to indicate that Levinsohn is now Maven CEO?

Change happened in August 2020. See https://www.thedailybeast.com/sports-illustrated-publisher-mavens-new-ceo-ross-levinsohn-has-been-accused-of-sexual-harassment for instance.

My conflict of interest is that I work for Maven right now, so should not be editing the page myself. Vipul (talk) 18:43, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers

This seems to be one of the bigger reasons Levinsohn was fired from Sports Illustrated: Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers, <https://futurism.com/sports-illustrated-ai-generated-writers>.

According to the article:

The undisclosed AI content is a direct affront to the fabric of media ethics, in other words, not to mention a perfect recipe for eroding reader trust. And at the end of the day, it's just remarkably irresponsible behavior that we shouldn't see anywhere — let alone normalized by a high-visibility publisher.

96.244.11.84 (talk) 19:43, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Ross Levinsohn is named the new publisher and CEO of the L.A. Times as top editors are ousted". Los Angeles Times. 21 August 2017. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] "LA Times to unionize". Salon.

[3] Levinsohn, ross. https://www.businessinsider.com/media-exec-ross-levinsohn-says-metoo-weaponized-against-him-2019-2. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] "LA Times sold to billionaire investor".

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