Singleton at the plate at LADN ...

Well, since there's no RMN on Sundays, yes, you get the Post on Sundays. And if you take the Post during the week, you get the Rocky on Saturdays because there's no Post that day.

 

Here's a take from one person who knows what they're talking about, sent to me via PM:

Basically, Modesti was reassigned because there hasn't really been a LANG for him to manage in the last 6 months. They hired him to manage the chain, then changed their mind about running it like a chain a few months later. Basically, it's 3 clusters now. The DN, Long Beach and Torrance, and the Inland papers. The DN supplies about 90 percent of the shared coverage. The other papers pretty much do local sports and use copy produced by the DN writers.

The higher ups still like Modesti, so they wanted to find a way to keep him around so they moved him to Metro. He's a really smart guy and seems to be looking forward to this challenge. My understanding is he will be a very high profile voice in the Metro coverage.

Gene Warnick and ASE Rich Hammond will take over Kevin's responsibilities. It should be a fairly smooth transition, since that's what he did for like a year before Kevin was brought in.

Losing Gerry Gittelson is a big loss too. The last staffer who was covering preps. The rest of the prep coverage is done by freelancers. Though perhaps the local sports editor will be writing more now.

 

This line pretty much sums up LANG the past 10 years.

They hired him to manage the chain, then changed their mind about running it like a chain a few months later.

 

It was a new position, is my recollection.