Made light of notes describing one newspaper chief (9)

I believe the answer is:

minimised

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'made light of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for minimised that I've seen before include "Made as small as possible" , "Made light of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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