
LA Times
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LA Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine Announces ‘Open Search’ for Successor
By J. Clara Chan | October 5, 2020 @ 11:25 AM”It’s the right time to find a successor — an editor who embodies the qualities needed to continue The Times’ revival,“ Pearlstine writes in letter to staff
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LA Times Owner Pledges to Make Newsroom One-Quarter Latino in Next 5 Years
By J. Clara Chan | August 25, 2020 @ 3:42 PM”Our staff makeup and coverage should better reflect the fact that one in two people in LA County is Latino. This should go without saying,“ Patrick Soon-Shiong says in letter
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Los Angeles Times Sports Columnist Arash Markazi Resigns After Investigation Into Ethical Breaches, Plagiarism
By J. Clara Chan | August 14, 2020 @ 6:37 PMMarkazi was placed on leave last month after colleagues accused him of using his social media accounts to ”work as a de facto PR representative“
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LA Times Deputy Managing Editor Apologizes for ‘Inappropriate’ Discussions About Staff Via Open Slack Channel
By J. Clara Chan | August 13, 2020 @ 2:08 PMThe Slack messages were first revealed in an investigation by TheWrap
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LA Times Digital Subscriptions Stalled Despite Strategic Push, Pandemic Readership Boost (Exclusive)
By J. Clara Chan | August 11, 2020 @ 3:19 PMThe paper has grown subscribers by nearly 50% since last year, but it lags far behind its own goals
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The Los Angeles Times in Crisis: Stalled Subscriptions, Drowsy Leadership, Slack Channel Trash Talk (Exclusive)
By J. Clara Chan | August 11, 2020 @ 3:17 PM”This very much feels like a sink-or-swim moment for the paper,“ a veteran reporter says
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LA Times Chewed Out for ‘Blatantly Sexist’ Headline Comparing Biden Veep Pick to ‘The Bachelor’
By Rosemary Rossi | August 8, 2020 @ 5:49 PMAn editor called the original headline ”too glib,“ and it was changed
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LA Times Guild Says Top Editor Norman Pearlstine Verbally Harassed Reporter, Dismissed Concerns of ‘Ethical Lapses’ (Exclusive)
By J. Clara Chan | July 24, 2020 @ 10:02 AMIn a letter to management obtained by TheWrap, the guild protested ”an environment of hostility, intimidation and harassment“
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LA Times Food Editor Peter Meehan Resigns After Accusations of Verbal Abuse, Sexual Harassment
By J. Clara Chan | July 1, 2020 @ 11:44 AMMeehan’s departure comes after he was accused on social media of fostering an abusive work environment for his employees
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LA Times Changes Dianne Feinstein Story on Impeachment After Senator Corrects Paper
By Daniel Goldblatt | January 28, 2020 @ 5:00 PM”The LA Times misunderstood what I said today,“ the California senator tweeted
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Why Bundling Could Save Apple News+ From Becoming a Newton-Level Flop
By Sean Burch | November 26, 2019 @ 12:19 PM”They feel they’re wasting their money,“ Samir Husni says of News+ customers
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LA Times Adds 13,000 Digital Subscriptions Since January – But Cancellations Are Triple That
By J. Clara Chan | July 31, 2019 @ 4:42 PMInternal memo says the company is falling far short of its goal of doubling digital subscriptions to 300,000 this year
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Will Apple News Cannibalize Traditional Media the Way iTunes Did Music Labels?
By Sean Burch and Jon Levine | March 26, 2019 @ 2:08 PMApple is ”laughing at the publishers,“ magazine expert Samir Husni says of the tech giant’s plans
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New LA Times Owner Says He’s Spending $100 Million to Rebuild the Paper – and Wants It Back (Video)
By Beatrice Verhoeven | October 2, 2018 @ 4:31 PMTheGrill 2018: ”In order for the paper to survive, it has to thrive. In order to thrive, it has to be self-sustaining,“ Patrick Soon-Shiong says