Ex-Philly Inquirer editor Rosenthal named SF Chron managing editor

Boston Business Journal
Robert Rosenthal, who quit as Philadelphia Inquirer executive editor last November in an editorial strategy dispute, has been named San Francisco Chronicle managing editor. Executive editor Phil Bronstein tells his staff: “In the five months since we’ve been talking, Rosey and I have spent a lot of time together. But one day struck me in particular. Rosey was here on a visit and I brought him around to some interesting Bay Area places to meet some distinctly interesting local folks. As we discussed the day later, it struck me that Rosey brought a sense of wonder and awe about San Francisco and the Bay Area. That, I think, is a state of mind we’d all do well to recapture here.” (MediaNews Memos)
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Gerard O’Neill, who headed the Boston Globe’s investigative team for nearly 20 years, accuses the paper and its owner, the NYT Co., of deceiving him into accepting a buyout package less generous than one offered his colleagues only months later. As much as six figures is at stake, reports Edward Mason. The 60-year-old O’Neill left the paper in January 2001.