Executive Editor in Pasadena Fired: The executive...

Executive Editor in Pasadena Fired: The executive editor of the 38,000-circulation Pasadena Star-News has been fired. Patty Burnett confirmed her dismissal but was not able to comment further. Publisher William R. Applebee was not available for comment. Miami-based Knight-Ridder recently sold the daily newspaper and a string of suburban weeklies to a group headed by Texas newspaper executive William Dean Singleton for $55 million.