Gawker (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
I'm not sure what is more telling: the fact that the Los Angeles Times website got only 127m pageviews last month; or the troubled newspaper's belief that's a statistic to trumpet. The West Coast's...
Joe Scott 3: Body Politic (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Billionaire businessman Sam Zell plays liege lord and Tribune Company executes his orders with the Los Angeles Times now reduced to a hapless vassal. Sure, the Times’ plight is about declining revenue that reflects economic realities. But the once proud, Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper which first rose to serious national prominence under Otis Chandler is a step closer now to becoming a virtual wasteland....
FKCBlog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Here's something new and interesting on the decline of newspapers. A longtime Los Angeles Times reporter, William Lobdell, has left the paper and provides his list of the 42 Things I Know about the newspaper, its challenges and its future in the Web 2.0 world. Here's a sample, from Lobdell's blog: There is plenty of uncertainty about the newspapers, but this much I know: 1. I made the right decision...
NHatky (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
WASHINGTON: A senior US government scientist who helped investigate a series of deadly anthrax attacks in 2001 has died from an apparent suicide, just as the justice department was about to charge him with carrying out the attacks, The Los Angeles Times reported. The newspaper, quoting people familiar with Ivins, his ...
Metroblogging Los Angeles (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
In a startling revelation, the Los Angeles Times has learned that the most popular name for Chihuahuas in LA County is Princess. The financially strapped newspaper, which only this week eliminated its book review, Sunday opinion and weekend guide sections from its print edition, today unveiled its new online database for tracking dog names in [...]
Why Now? (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
The BBC reports US anthrax ’suspect’ found dead A top US scientist suspected of anthrax attacks in 2001 has apparently killed himself just as he was about to be charged, a newspaper reported. The Los Angeles Times said Bruce Ivins, 62, had taken an overdose of painkillers. It said he had recently been told of the impending [...]
Georgia Newsroom (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Searching for Gary Wolfsberger. Last known to be in the greater Los Angeles, CA area. Brother, Bob Wolfsberger, could also be a contact. In the 60’s & early 70’s, the Wolfsberger family managed several newspaper vending districts for the Los Angeles Times. In 1970, Gary was a roommate of Dennis Robbins, Editor of Georgia Newsroom — [...]
NewWest.Net Salt Lake City (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
As many have noted, the Los Angeles Times published its last freestanding book review section this weekend. That leaves the San Francisco Chronicle as the only paper west of the Mississippi with a separate newspaper book review section (the New York Times Book Review, Washington Post Book World, and the Chicago Tribune's books section also remain). Although the LA Times will incorporate some book criticism...
lying for a living (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
“Cops blame creepy fast food character for a string of homicides.” Finally, a newspaper to cure me of my addiction to the News of the World: Not The Los Angeles Times. “Wal-Mart unveils $29 defibrillator” “Sect and the City” “Grand Theft Sudoku” All that, plus Paris Hilton and an evil garden gnome. Heaven. (Via Sarah Weinman.) [...]
Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
While I'm on the subject of the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper is engaging in another bit of synergy with its Tribune-owned local TV station KTLA -- this time about Hollywood. I'm told that LA Times chief film critic Kenny Turan is teaming up with KTLA Morning News entertainment reporter Sam Rubin for a half-hour television show [...]
Bill Boyarsky (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
This morning's newspaper feels like the smallest and lightest Los Angeles Times I've ever seen, with only six pages each in the Business and Sports...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Folio "For the first time in its history, they're going to have a magazine that is going to make money," says Annie Gilbar , editor of the Los Angeles Times' new monthly Sunday magazine, LA. "When a newspaper is bleeding, and you have something that will lift the newspaper immediately, why not?" She adds that the weekly LAT magazine "had always been produced by the newsroom, not a magazine staff --...
Ben Casnocha: The Blog (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Hardly a day goes by without a stark reminder of the the newspaper industry's malaise. Today, to pick just one example, the Los Angeles Times announced it will no longer print a separate book review section on Sundays. Predictably, the...
The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
The Los Angeles Times on July 27 published its last Sunday Real Estate section. The reasons, according to The Times ' blog L.A. Land , are familiar ones in the punch-drunk newspaper industry: [B]ecause of reductions in staff and space, the Sunday Real Estate section has printed its final edition. Real estate coverage will continue to appear online throughout the week. Hot Property, Neighborly Advice...
"Okie" on the Lam (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
[h/t: Patterico] Roy Rivenburg’s satiric website, “Not the Los Angeles Times” is a real hoot! You gotta go over there and read around — don’t be a drinkin’ your AM cuppa Joe or you might just spew all over your keyboard. Take this story for example, L.A. Times axes last employee: Alleged newspaper will be written by [...]
