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Patrick Soon-Shiong: the billionaire LA Times owner who blocked Harris endorsement

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Billionaire bought Los Angeles Times and other local papers for $ 500 m in 2018 .

Soon-Shiong's refusal to allow editorial board to endorse Kamala Harris prompted cascade of resignations.

Nearly 2,000 of the paper’s subscribers have cancelled their subscriptions in protest.

The opinion section departures follow a difficult start to 2024 for the LA Times .

Soon-Shiong blocked an endorsement of Harris with a non-endorsement.

Elon Musk , who has endorsed Trump , responded to the decision with 'good for Patrick ' The LA Times laid off 115 journalists in January , about 20% of its newsroom.