LA Times

As Jon & Kate Head Toward Divorce, Is It Time To Back Off? - Posted June 23, 2009
After proclaiming that the "Jon & Kate + 8" marriage scandal was single-handedly helping to bring a dying media back to life, we thought it only fitting to add our voice to the cacophony of opinions making noise after last night's "J&K" episode revealed the couple's plans to divorce. While watching last... [FishBowlNY]

Is Murdoch Considering Selling Weekly Standard to Washington Examiner Owner? - Posted June 10, 2009
The LA Times reports Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. could be close to selling the conservative magazine the Weekly Standard to "media mogul" Philip Anschutz, citing "people familiar with the situation." Anschutz's Clarity Media Group owns the Washington Examiner. The Denver Business Journal- where Clarity Media Group is based- contacted Anschutz for comment,... [FishBowlDC]

Tribune Papers' D.C. Bureaus Shack Up|Planting Flowers Where The News Used To Be|Al Roker's Jury Duty Twitter Faux Pas|NYT Works To Pioneer New Digital Ads|American-Statesman Loses Buyer - Posted May 29, 2009
FishbowlDC: The LA Times, Chicago Tribune and Baltimore Sun (Tribune's Washington Bureau) might all be moving to the Scripps bureau office. FishbowlLA: A good use for all of those empty newspaper boxes: planters for pretty flowers. WebNewser: Al Roker Tweeted himself into a corner when he posted pictures from his trip to jury... [FishBowlNY]

Need To Promote Your Book? Strothman Literary Agency Can Help - Posted May 28, 2009
Being successful in publishing means finding a need and filling it. Boston-based literary agency The Strothman Agency is doing just that with their new publicity services offered to clients -- and other authors, too. These specialized services, called Epilogue Media, will mix traditional and social media strategies tailored to each particular... [FishBowlNY]

The Morning Media Menu, Pirates(!) Edition - Posted April 13, 2009
Today on the menu we chat first about Gorilla blogging (otherwise known as Verizon cutting off my internet and leaving me to wander the streets this morning prowling for an non-password coded signal). After which we are joined by Rachel Sklar who drops in to chat about Pirates. "Paul Krugman said... [FishBowlNY]

Craig Newmark Subscribes to The New York Times for the First Time - Posted November 25, 2008
Craig Newmark of Craigslist is over at that LA Times talking about the only thing any media people are talking about these days: the future of newspapers and whether there is one. Newmark seems to hew to the increasingly popular school of thought that the future of newspapers is local.... [FishBowlNY]

Tales of the Tribune Co.: Chicago Tribune Latest to Feel the Cut - Posted July 9, 2008
Following last week's announcement that the LA Times plans to cut 250 jobs by the end of the summer comes word that the Chicago Tribune will also be scaling back on both employees and pages. The Tribune says it plans on eliminating approximately 80 of its current 578 newsroom positions by the... [FishBowlNY]

LA Times Loses Two Top Reporters to ProPublica - Posted July 8, 2008
We're not sure if this is a case of following the money or just escaping the lack of it, but LA Observed is reporting that two of the LA Times' top reporters are jumping ship to join up with ProPublica the online non-profit investigative journalism website helmed by former WSJer Paul... [FishBowlNY]

FBLA Predicted LA Times Changes 2 Years Ago - Posted April 8, 2008
Back in 2006, we asked readers what would improve the LA Times. Joanne Carson: Q: What's the one thing you'd like to see the paper add? A: STORIES ABOUT PET HERO'S, PET SUCCESS STORIES, PET HUMAN INTEREST STORIES Check! LA Times has added an animal blog: Unleashed. Where it's always shark week. Least favorite section? Brady... [FishBowlLA]

Mike Penner Writes About Upcoming Sex Change Operation - Posted April 26, 2007
LA Times sportswriter Mike Penner is getting a sex change operation. Post-op, the by-line will change to Christine Daniels. Penner writes that making the decision has cured his writer's block. Reactions in the online world are mixed. Penner's always been a huge soccer fan, and that probably won't change. Note to the LAT:... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Poll: Sam Zell--Bad News Bear or Good News Gnome? - Posted April 4, 2007
Sam Zell, the pint-sized plunderer of failing companies, is pretty much unknown to Los Angeles residents. FBLA can't help but wonder if he's got the right stuff to make the LA Times readable again. And thus, we need you, the crystal-gazers of the blogosphere, to share your views via the FBLA... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset - Posted March 30, 2007
Fire in the Hollywood Hills. Quinceanera might become a series. Mia Farrow doesn't seem too worried about starring in E.T.: Back on Planet Earth or any other Spielburg opus. John Travolta is ready to move back to the mothership, if global warming gets worse. Courtney Love cares only that her self-esteem is limitless... [FishBowlLA]

Booth Moore Blogs on Fashion in LA Times - Posted March 2, 2007
Is the LA Times deliberately trying to hide things from readers? Booth Moore's got a fashion blog, The World is My Runway, not that anyone made much of a fuss over it. No comments, either. Cathy Horyn's blog in the New York Times, On the Runway, looks great on the screen,... [FishBowlLA]