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Google hires LA Times biz reporter who covered company

June 3, 2009

Chris Gaither, a Los Angeles Times assistant business editor, has been hired by Google to work in its corporate communications department, according to a report in PRWeek.

Frank Washkuch writes that Gaither will be a “senior manager in its corporate communications department, effective June 29. He will focus on Google News and Book Search, according to a company spokesperson, who confirmed an earlier report on PRNewser.

“Gaither, who covered the search company for the Los Angeles Times, is also a former employee of The New York Times and Boston Globe.”

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