The new L.A. Times magazine–a name hasn’t been settled yet–plans to go the way of the New York Times’ T and WSJ Magazine: it’ll be a glossy luxury magazine. Last month, the newspaper’s then-publisher, David Hiller, forced the newsroom to surrender control of the magazine to the business side.
Even though Mr. Hiller Read More
As you may already know, yesterday was a dark day for the newspaper industry: Layoffs at The Los Angeles Times; buyouts at The Wall Street Journal; the departure of The Chicago Times‘ editor-in-chief; The New York Times‘ stock price dipped to a decade-low as shares of McClatchy, Gannett, and News, Corporation also took hits. Read More
When some future historian writes the book about how newspapers went the way of the steel industry (if there are books in the future, of course), today could be the lede:
Rub the sleep out of those eyes: it’s the morning-after in L.A.!
Richard Perez-Pena at The New York Times reports that Los Angeles Times publisher David Hiller actually had Russ Stanton pegged as his pick for weeks, well before Jim O’Shea left the paper. Some staffers were so dismayed over that decision that they Read More
We just spoke to David Hiller, the publisher of the L.A. Times who chose Russ Stanton as the editor of the paper today.
"Even if there were divisions over who should be editor, Russ is well known and well liked and my view is that now that we have the candidtate that people will Read More
As we documented this morning, there’s a big divide over who should run the L.A. Times, and before Sam Zell and publisher David Hiller announce their choice, they’re getting some dirty work out of the way: Job cuts are on the way.
Mr. Hiller writes that the paper will elimiminate 100-150 positions at Read More
The New York Times reports that Los Angeles Times editor James O’Shea has been forced out because he would not cooperate with newsroom budget cuts ordered by the paper’s publisher, David Hiller. The Times notes that this is the "the fourth time in less than three years that the highest-ranking editor or the publisher Read More
Should the L.A. Times be loaning out their offices to Donald Trump and his would-be Apprentices, in order to create a Sunday promotional supplement?
Obviously, last night’s Apprentice was taped long before Grazergate. But still, with the commotion over the Times selling out to celebrities for promotional purposes, it was an unhappy coincidence. Read More
