Well, not killing, exactly. But Lawrence pointed out to me a few days ago that there’s a trend…
First, Christopher Lopez quit as editor of the El Paso Times after close to three years on the job.
Next, Fred Zipp quit the Statesman after eight years as editor.
And finally, Robert Rivard quit the San Antonio Express News after 14 years as editor.
I don’t quite know what to make of this. I don’t follow either the El Paso or San Antonio papers regularly, but I know Zipp presided over a large buyout of Statesman staff before resigning. (I also know the paper was up for sale at one point, but the owners didn’t get any offers that they liked.)
(Hattip other than Lawrence: TSFKA “Romenesko’s MediaNews”.)
Edited to add 9/25/2011: Things just got even more interesting. Brett Thacker, who was apparently the second-in-command at the Express-News, is also leaving. And two of the paper’s top columnists also resigned. The South Texas Pistolero has a very good post up over at his site covering these developments; I commend it to your attention.