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Al Martinez Column Resurfaces At The Daily News - Posted June 9, 2009
After being dropped from the LA Times in January, popular columnist Al Martinez has found a new home at the Daily News. From Kevin Roderick at LA Observed:
Martinez's debut DN column is about his daughters, one of whom is undergoing chemotherapy. Having his column run in the Daily News is a... [FishBowlLA]
Al Martinez's Good-Bye Post - Posted January 12, 2009
Al Martinez, Emmy-nominated, Pulitzer winning LA Times columnist sent us this email:
Just so you'll know, my column in the Times will end Jan. 19. I'm not sure why: too old at 79? no space for me? I don't fit the hip,cool, Hollywood demographics? All of the above? Ask them. They did... [FishBowlLA]
Al Martinez Starts A Writers Workshop - Posted September 24, 2008
Someone who says that they're LAT columnist Al Martinez sent us a note, alerting us to a new writer's workshop he's hosting:
Looking toward the day when the LAT pulls the plug on me and my column, and me, I've begun a Writers Workshop and wow is it a success. I'm taking... [FishBowlLA]
Will the LA Times Delete All the Old Staffers? - Posted March 5, 2008
Of the big list of staffers eligible for the buyout at the LA Times, only a handful (under 10) are over 60. The powers that be might think long and hard before booting the seniors.
Lewis Segal, the dance critic, is going. Sasha Anawalt writes:
In a city where dance riddles the... [FishBowlLA]
Al Martinez--Back With a Bounce at the LA Times - Posted July 2, 2007
Al Martinez is back at the LA Times thanks to thousands upon thousands of fans. Or a handful of people on Ritalin with a lot of free time and a high-speed connection.
Still, his re-appearance should be taken as a sign that the upper levels of Trib/Times management can be made to... [FishBowlLA]
LAT Yields to Public Pressure: Al Martinez Could Come Back - Posted June 4, 2007
The voice of the people has spoken, and Al Martinez will once again write for the LA Times. According to LA Witness and Celeste Fremon, the Topanga Democratic Club organized an email campaign to keep Martinez around.
So, O'Shea and the other big-wigs relented and as Martinez wrote:
They have... [FishBowlLA]
Last Writes for LA Times Columnists - Posted June 1, 2007
Farewell columns abound at the LA Times.
Al Martinez takes a cue from Goodnight, Moon.
(Martinez says he never saw his departure coming. Considering most everyone else at the LAT has been quaking in their slip-ons for months, why was he so surprised?)
Robert Salladay, the Political Muscle blogger, kept it short and... [FishBowlLA]
Tiffany Loves Her Dirty Rice, Tells World: My Favorite Weekend Jumps Shark, Falls, Can't Get Up, Festers and Dies - Posted May 31, 2007
Sandra Tsing Loh proclaims the official end to My Favorite Weekend in the LAT. Today's celebrity, songstress Tiffany, confided to a breathlessly waiting public that:
The dirty rice at The Blue Bayou Restaurant, adjoining the Pirates of the Caribbean, is "off the hook."
Loh says:
The already-staggering Thursday section has officially hit bottom,... [FishBowlLA]
Al Martinez Not Going Quietly, Supporters Muster - Posted May 29, 2007
Al Martinez is getting more attention for being forced to take the Trib's buyout than for writing his columns. Rallying to the veteran writer's defense are Kenani, Bill Boyarski, Joan Leonard (on the same page, Marsha Armstrong of Dr. Phil, Gia Gittleson of Los Angeles magazine (who could hire him) and... [FishBowlLA]
LAT in 90 - Posted March 9, 2007
Back to the drawing board.
Disney's returning to hand drawn animation with The Frog Princess, a musical set in New Orleans. The movie would be written and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, who co-directed The Little Mermaid. The studio will hire more animators, too, which is great news.
Pay per post.
Some... [FishBowlLA]
