Pros
The marketing team has (or at least had, while I was there) a strong work ethic and belief in coming up with new ideas, events and advertising opportunities to make for a more appealing and valuable product (for readers and advertisers).
Cons
The marketing team is "fighting the good fight" with a lot of new ideas for a more integrated product: more emphasis on events and latimes.com and less about the print product. Unfortunately, there are still too many "old guard" managers (especially on the editorial side) who still stubbornly think that someday soon the public will return to their senses and start buying up the print product and print circulation will be back up to what it was in the pre-internet "good old days". Needless to say, this causes a lot of internal tension and frustration, especially for younger workers.