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Hey, did another year just go by?
LA Observed —
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In past years, this is about when Id start rolling out posts looking back at the events of the previous twelve months. My KCRW commentary on Christmas Day talked about how I enjoy gathering together those looks back and some of the notable passings of 2009. This week, though, Im neck deep in some much-needed ...1 day ago -
Daily News reporter departs
gary scott —
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After five years as a beat writer for the Los Angeles Daily News, Sue Doyle is leaving to do freelance. LA Observed has a memo from Daily News editor Carolina Garcia praising Doyles work and promising a goodbye cake. You can read it here .6 days ago -
Deadline, Los Angeles Times
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Today is the day for layoffs at the Los Angeles Times. Kevin Roderick at LA Observed reports that notifications started going out this morning - he spotted a Tweet from Calendar writer Elina Shatkin saying she was now a "former Los Angeles Times staff writer." Roderick also says the Times is trying to woo back ...1 week ago -
Greenberg goes home again
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Authority: 660
When our LA Sketchbook cartoonist Steve Greenberg had a drawing in Sundays Daily News, it was something of a time warp. He was the papers first staff cartoonist back in 1978, when the Daily News (not the Times) was owned by the Tribune Company of Chicago. He reminisces . More from our contributors: Bill ...2 weeks ago -
TJ will miss Editor & Publisher
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Authority: 660
TJ Sullivan has a nice piece at Native Intelligence on the essential role that the venerable Editor & Publisher played in his early years as an itinerant journalist in Ketchum, Santa Fe and other points. Excerpt: "I might not have met the same friends. I might not have even met my wife. No joke." E&P; ...2 weeks ago -
Thank You, Editor and Publisher
TJ Sullivan in LA —
Authority: 112
Editor & Publisher is closing. I know this because it was reported by The New York Times . So far, The New York Times is still in business. But Editor & Publisher isnt going to be for much longer, and, ridiculous and sappy as it seems to get emotional about a trade publication, well ... I am. Like a lot of ...2 weeks ago -
Four in the morning
gary scott —
Authority: 433
1. Tribune Co., owner of the Los Angeles Times, is looking to diversify its advertising dollar with Tribune Hispanic. Ed Padgett 2. The Los Angeles Times has hired Jack Dolan of the Miami Herald to beef up its database journalism in Sacramento. LAO 3. Newspapers silver lining rides on a big gray cloud. Alan ...2 weeks ago -
Wolinsky to Daily Variety
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Leo Wolinsky, a former editor at the Los Angeles Times and a driving force behind The Journalism Shop , will become editor of Daily Variety, the magazine reports . (found via LA Observed )2 weeks ago -
Bruce Lisker gets a girlfriend
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Authority: 660
In part three of Iris Schneiders exclusive-to-LA Observed posts following Bruce Liskers reentry to society after 26 years behind bars, Bruce moves in with Kara in Marina del Rey. Iris was along earlier when he went clothes shopping in the Valley and drove to the beach for the first time. The Lisker Chronicles at ...3 weeks ago -
Kneecapping story strikes a media chord
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I guess the media liked the Jerusalem Post story we posted this morning — on a LAPD deputy chief saying the two rabbis shot here in October were "kneecapped" in an apparent dispute with organized crime. Minutes after our 10:30 post, the LA Weeklys blog grabbed it, followed by a cover-your-ass blog item by the L.A. ...3 weeks ago -
Greenberg on his crappy anniversary
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Steve Greenberg, LA Observeds editorial cartoonist, posts at his Cagle.com blog about his year of underemployment since being laid off by the Ventura County Star. "I thought my position was safe, especially since I’d just received a glowing performance evaluation," he says. "But since their pages and sections were ...3 weeks ago -
Los Angeles Times loses Gold
gary scott —
Authority: 433
Los Angeles Times readers representative Jamie Gold plans to leave her job after eight years. Kevin Roderick at LA Observed wonders if her exit has anything to do with the rumors of further layoffs at the newspaper.4 weeks ago -
L.A. authors in Guadalajara
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LA Observed contributors Veronique de Turenne , Jenny Price and Denise Hamilton will be heading to Guadalajara in coming days (or are already there) for the big book fair, which has a major Los Angeles theme this year. Mayor Villaraigosa is already working the room , and I mentioned earlier Zócalos plans for ...4 weeks ago
