Should Newspaper Editors Answer To Sales Directors?

In a memo dated Wednesday, December 2nd, The Dallas Morning News informed company employees that section editors will now report to sales managers. This is a radical departure from the separation of news employees and sales management that has existed forever in the news industry. The Dallas Observer reported the news and printed a copy of the memo.

I have experience working in the sales department of the Dallas Morning News (one of the largest newspapers in the country) and I have worked as a...