LA Times ‘Trapped In A Mess’ As Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong Pulls More Newsroom Strings
The Los Angeles Times newsroom continues to feel the invisible hand of owner Patrick Soon-Shiong in coverage of his pharma research, home …
Los Angeles Times Names Terry Tang Interim Executive Editor
Tang, previously the top editor for the editorial page, steps into the role during a period of turmoil for the newspaper following the …
L.A. Times To Lay Off At Least 115 People In Newsroom
The Los Angeles Times announced Tuesday that it was laying off at least 115 people — or more than 20% of the newsroom — marking one of the …
L.A. Times Managing Editors Shani Hilton, Sara Yasin Step Down During Layoff Negotiations
Los Angeles Times managing editors Shani Hilton and Sara Yasin have stepped down amid continuing negotiations on staff layoffs. Hilton and …
L.A. Times Staffers Plan First Newsroom Union Walkout In Paper’s History
The newsroom, which is working under an expired labor contract, will strike for a day and hold a "Rally to Save Local Journalism" in …
L.A. Times Guild Calls Emergency Meeting As Layoffs Loom: ‘This Is The Big One’
The L.A. Times Guild called an emergency meeting on Thursday after leadership was told that the newspaper intends to “imminently execute …
LA Times Opens Up Buyout Option To All Editorial Staff Amid Layoffs
The Los Angeles Times has opened up its offer to buyout the contracts of editorial staffers to anyone who wishes to volunteer as the …
Los Angeles Times To Cut More Than 10% Of Newsroom
“The restructuring stems from the same persistent economic headwinds facing news media across the country,” the executive editor said in an …
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L.A. Times’ ‘Hear Me Out’ Turns Letters Into Video Gold
Hear Me Out, a Los Angeles Times feature that spins letters to the editor into video segments, offers a novel example of user-generated …
LA Times Taps ESPN’s Kevin Merida As Top Editor
One of the biggest newspaper jobs goes to a groundbreaking journalist who spent two decades at The Washington Post.
LA Times Billionaire’s Daughter Is Tinkering With The Paper. And Staffers Welcome It
She may not be on the masthead, but Soon-Shiong has become a regular voice in the Los Angeles Times newsroom. That might normally be cause …
Los Angeles Times Receives $10M PPP Loan
Congress modified the PPP rules so that local newspapers and broadcasters could receive the money. The Times received the maximum amount.
Billionaire LA Times Owner Denies Exploring Sale Of Company
Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of The Los Angeles Times, is denying reports that said he was exploring selling the company. The denial on …
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L.A. Times Owner’s Videos Blur Ethical Line
The Los Angeles Times’s ongoing video series about the science behind the novel coronavirus has a lot to recommend it. It is a wide-ranging, …
Washington Post, Reuters, Los Angeles Times Search For New Top Editors
In an industrywide changing of the guard, other big newsroom jobs that have come open include the No. 1 slots at Vox, HuffPost and Wired. …
Talk Of Marty Baron Retirement At WaPo Clouds Other Top Editor Searches
Growing chatter that Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron could soon retire is complicating searches for several other high-profile …
LA Times, Tribune To Pay $3M To Settle Pay Discrimination Suit
The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing have jointly agreed to pay $3 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by multi-ethnic …
L.A. Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine Stepping Down
His resignation comes after a summer of criticism about a lack of staff diversity and incidents of toxic and poor leadership.
L.A. Times Faces Painful Reckoning Over Race
Two years after the Los Angeles Times reverted to local ownership, the country’s largest metropolitan daily newspaper is facing a painful …
LA Times Offering Staffer Buyouts
The Los Angeles Times is offering its staff voluntary buyouts less than two years after biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong swooped …
Judge Vacates Order Restricting LA Times
A federal judge on Tuesday lifted a controversial order requiring The Los Angeles Times to delete information in an article published over …
L.A. Times Installs New Leadership Team
Scott Kraft becomes managing editor. Kris Viesselman, on Monday joined The Times in the newly created position of chief transformation …
L.A. Times Is Moving To The Suburbs
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who will soon take over the newspaper, dropped a bombshell to employees on Friday: He is moving the offices to El …
Tronc Lays Off Ex-LA Times Editor, Others
Former Los Angeles Times editor-in-chief Lewis D’Vorkin and dozens of other employees of Tronc Inc. were dismissed on Thursday. The …
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Inside Tronc’s Sale Of The Los Angeles Times
Tronc is getting a big premium for its flagship asset, and the Times is getting a return to private, local ownership. But a lot of questions …
Tronc Sells Times, Union-Tribune For $590M
Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong has agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Times from its parent company Tronc, restoring local …
Tronc Nearing Sale Of L.A. Times To Doctor
The owner of the Los Angeles Times is close to a deal to sell the newspaper to Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire Los Angeles doctor, two …
What Went Wrong At The Los Angeles Times?
After years of painful, protracted decline, the Los Angeles Times has recently descended into chaos: There have been three editors-in-chief …
L.A. Times Picks New Editor Amid Unrest
Jim Kirk, the former publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, will take over as editor in chief. He will replace Lewis D’Vorkin, whose …
LA Times Journalists Vote To Unionize
The newsroom employees of the Los Angeles Times have voted to form a union for the first time amid growing turmoil at the storied paper. The …
LA Times Investigating Its Publisher
Los Angeles Times’ parent company, Tronc, said Thursday that it had opened an investigation into past conduct of Times Publisher Ross …
Disney Ban Elevated Tension At LA Times
Journalists at the paper, in the middle of organizing a union, disagreed with the new editor’s call to lie low on social media.
Disney Ends L.A. Times Ban After Backlash
In a statement Tuesday, Disney said it was restoring access to the newspaper after “productive discussions with the newly installed …
Media Wants To See Vegas Shooting Records
Several news organizations have filed lawsuits urging officials to release more information about the Las Vegas shooting, claiming they are …
Bad Blood Between Disney And L.A. Times
The editors of the Times said Friday that Disney declined access to its slate of films for the paper’s holiday film preview citing …
Lewis DVorkin New L.A. Times Editor In Chief
Tronc-owned Los Angeles Times named Forbes Media executive Lewis DVorkin as its new editor in chief, Ross Levinsohn, the paper’s …
New L.A. Times CEO’s Salary: $1 Million
The new CEO and publisher of the Los Angeles Times will have a starting salary of $1 million, and he's positioned to make much more …
Can Levinsohn Spark Growth At LA Times?
Ross Levinsohn is used to tough jobs. But this week, the 54-year-old digital media executive took on what could be his most difficult …
Buyouts Hit The Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times on Friday issued a staffwide announcement that it's offering buyouts to the newsroom. The announcement, which came in …
Tribune Disputes Murdoch’s Sale Claim
An email to staff today addressed reports that the media giant would be bought by a Wall Street firm and that the Los Angeles Times would be …
Murdoch: Tribune To Sell Newspaper Group
Newspaper owner and noted Twitter user Rupert Murdoch is hearing that the Los Angeles Times newspaper is about to change hands. On Friday …