Los Angeles Times

Farewell to a Washington Fixture

Murray Fromson | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

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Murray Fromson

I was hoping more would have been written, marking the demise of the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau last week It certainly deserved more than a few lines of copy.

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The Press and New Presidents: The Media's Double Standard

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

In terms of how the press has treated the last two new presidents, there's the Democratic model (i.e. overly hostile), and the Republican model (overly docile).

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Home Grown Terrorism and the Original Crime of the Century -- An Audio Book Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media

Read More: The Gish Sisters, Samuel Gompers, " Birth of a Nation, Los Angeles Times Bombing, Terrorism, Sherlock Holmes, Vanity Fair, Billy Burns, Random House Audio, Harry Chandler, John H. Mayer, William J. Burns, Random House, Mary Pickford, Erik Larson, Harrison Gray Otis, The Crime of the Century, Blanche Sweet, Ku Klux Klan, Eugene Debs, "Te Devil in the White City, D. W. Griffith, Clarence Darrow, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Howard Blum, American Lightning, Media News
Tom Alderman

The account of the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, and the 'Trial of the Century that followed,' plays like a true crime thriller surrounded by important social themes.

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All Votes are Final -- Campaign Couture? Not So Much

Patt Morrison | Posted 11.08.2008 | Business

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Patt Morrison

The McCain-Palin ticket promised to do something to boost the economy, and even though it lost, it kinda sorta did.

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Joe Biden and the Press: A Case Study in the Absurd

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Rather than reward Biden for being open and honest with voters --for being authentic and unscripted -- the press punished him for weeks on end.

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Tribune Chief Gives Thousands To McCain

Editor and Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago

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While Sam Zell's biggest newspapers, the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, made history endorsing a Democrat, Barack Obama, this year, he has be...

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A Tribute to John K. Cooley: A Consummate Journalist

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Cooley's decades of roaming the Middle East and North Africa and his meticulous probing into complex issues were legend and made his reporting from the region's hot spots references for generations of reporters.

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Obama Campaign Big Winner in Media Revolution

Steve Miller | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home

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Steve Miller

Now on the precipice of possibly winning the presidency, Barack Obama can rightfully say that newer technologies catapulted him into the White House.

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Jason Linkins

Reporter Recalls Moment She 'Shut Down The Straight Talk Express'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.28.2008 | Media

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Over at the Los Angeles Times, Maeve Reston offers up her account of that time she asked John McCain a question about Viagara and officially caused th...

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One American Carmaker -- Our Best Solution?

Steve Parker | Posted 10.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Chrysler, Secret Service, Cars, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Ford, Home Depot, Aig, Daimler, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, Countrywide Financial, Detroit, Nissan, Los Angeles Times, North America, Toyota, Gm, Mazda, Detroit Three, Washington DC, European Union, Times of London, Escape Hybrid, Altima Hybrid, Gmac, Wall Street, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Hillary Clinton, Asian, Auto Industry, President Clinton, Business News
Steve Parker

If the Detroit Three were to merge into one company, ownership shared with the American people, it could benefit everyone; the carmakers, their dealers and their customers

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Los Angeles Times Expected To Layoff 75 Editorial Staffers

Variety | Cynthia Littleton | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

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The ax is still swinging at the Los Angeles Times. Word spread in journo circles on Monday that the newspaper is looking at axing another 75 editoria...

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Crisis Spokeswoman Spins Herself Out-of-a-Job -- A Cautionary Tale

Tom Alderman | Posted 09.25.2008 | Business

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Tom Alderman

Denise Tyrrell's hands were shaking as she tried to hold back her tears. A few hours earlier, the 55-year-old public relations executive watched as f...

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Los Angeles Times Reporters File Class-Action Lawsuit Against Sam Zell, Tribune

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 09.16.2008 | Media

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It would be hard to argue that Sam Zell really knows his way around the newspaper business. But does his floundering constitute grounds for legal acti...

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LAT: Palin Is A "Cross Between Annie Oakley And Eva Braun"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media

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The LAT Book Blog, "Jacket Copy," has a great little post on Sarah Palin-as-literary-character. Novelist Seth Greenland, examing Palin through a lite...

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PHIL HILL DIES AT 81; ONLY AMERICAN-BORN "WORLD CHAMPION OF DRIVING"

Steve Parker | Posted 08.29.2008 | Style

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Steve Parker

America's only US-born Formula One World Champion of Driving, Phil Hill, died August 28th in a Salinas, CA, hospital as a result of respiratory proble...

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The Game Is Over--The Media and Rick Warren Can't Protect McCain Anymore

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Larry Gellman

When it comes to Barack Obama, the news media does its job with a vengeance. When Obama goes to Germany and draws a crowd of 200,000 they ask if he's ...

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Andres Martinez, Former Los Angeles Times Editorial Page Editor, Accused Of Stalking "Cruel Whore" Ex-Girlfriend

Gawker | Hamilton Nolan | Posted 08.22.2008 | Media

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o Andres Martinez, the former LA Times editorial page editor who just sued his former flack girlfriend for her stunning betrayals of his confidence? M...

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Eddy Hartenstein, Former Head Of DirecTV, Becomes LA Times Publisher

AP | Posted 08.16.2008 | Media

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LOS ANGELES — Eddy Hartenstein, a former head of DirecTV, will become publisher of the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper reported Saturday. Hart...

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LATimes.com Goes Down After Earthquake Due To "Heavy Volume"

New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 07.29.2008 | Media

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Shortly after a magnitude-5.8 earthquake hit Los Angeles this afternoon, the L.A. Times Web site went down. Managing editor John Arthur explained in a...

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Brent Bozell and the PTC: Can the FCC Declare Them Obscene?

Matt Littman | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Matt Littman

A couple of weeks ago, Bozo the Clown died. But Bozell the Clown still lives among us, defaming the good name of clowns everywhere by tormenting children and families around our country.

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Culture Zohn: Boomer Girl Strikes Back

Patricia Zohn | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media

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Patricia Zohn

2008-07-18-200807172boomergirlpix02.jpg Why the avalanche of ranting about boomers? Is it because we are at the very apex of population demographic and we've reached the tipping point? Or are there other more subtle shifts at play?

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Tribune Company Defections: Los Angeles Times Publisher, Chicago Tribune Editor Resign

AP | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Times says publisher David Hiller has resigned after 21 months at the helm of Tribune Co.'s largest paper. The news ...

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Sam's LA Times and Sam's LA Bagels

Marty Kaplan | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

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Marty Kaplan

What's the difference between Sam Zell's Los Angeles Times and Sam's Bagels on Los Angeles' Larchmont Boulevard? None, if you take Mr. Zell's words to heart.

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Jason Linkins

L.A. Times Draws Perplexing Equivalencies Between McCain, Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

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It would appear that the Los Angeles Times came to the end of the week without fulfilling their quota for empty-headed Broderism, so today we've got a...

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Los Angeles Times To Cut 150 Staffers

Radar | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media

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The Los Angeles Times announced 150 editorial layoffs--on both print and Web, according to a memo just sent by Russ Stanton. The layoffs will be compl...

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