Category Archives: newspapers

Rupert Murdoch Plans a NY Times Killer: is the LA Times Next?

Posted on December 10, 2009 by

The Observer notes that Rupert Murdoch is planning a NY Times killer, with a “New York” edition of the Wall Street Journal. Planning on spending $15 and using the services of the former New York Sun editor, John Seeley, the … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, la times, magazines, more, newspapers, wsj | 11 Comments

The LA Times and Green Jobs: Stupid, Lazy, or Politically Correct?

Posted on December 10, 2009 by

The LA Times on its home page had this story, by tiffany.hsu@latimes.com, with the headline “Job growth in California is going green” and the subhead “From January 2007 to January 2008 green jobs increased 5% while total jobs declined 1%.” … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, economy, green, jobs, la times, more, newspapers, pc | 6 Comments

A Tale of Three Newspapers: The LA Times, Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times

Posted on November 29, 2009 by

The recent, and sad news that LA Times trans-sexual sports reporter Mike Penner aka “Christine Daniels” was found dead at home at the age of 52 cements the transition of the LA Times from popular, metropolitan daily newspaper to a … Continue reading →

Posted in business, culture, more, newspapers | 18 Comments

Media’s Collapsing Advertising Rates Everywhere (but the Internet)

Posted on September 7, 2009 by

Recently, the Wall Street Journal ran a story on the collapsing advertising rates for radio networks prompting the highly leveraged radio nets to ask lenders for renegotiated covenants (since the radio networks are unable to maintain cash levels). Clear Channel, … Continue reading →

Posted in advertisting, culture, internet, more, newspapers, radio, television | 5 Comments

Failure of the Media Part Two: The Lingering Death of the LA Times

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

By all accounts the LA Times should be doing well. Absent the leverage demands of the parent company Tribune Media, the potential readership of the LA Times should be large. After all, the US Census Bureau shows 9.8 million people … Continue reading →

Posted in demographics, la, liberals, media, more, newspapers, publishing | 14 Comments