Los Angeles Times
CUTS COMING
The cuts come weeks after executive editor Kevin Merida left the company.
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‘CONFLICT OF INTEREST’
The famed GOP pollster has reopened some wounds for the Times over the paper’s mishandling of a controversial partnership with him.
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‘THANK YOU’
She may not be on the masthead, but Soon-Shiong has become a regular voice in LAT newsroom. That might normally be cause for tension, but many staffers say it’s a welcome change.
SOLID GOLD
The renowned restaurant reviewer talks about giving David Chang a bad review, loving ‘the hell out of’ Kendrick Lamar, and curating the L.A. Food Bowl festival.
LOST MASTERPIECES
The Richfield Tower--originally a 13-story tower, clad in a mosaic of black terracotta and gold leaf—is a much-missed gaudy monument.
REALLY?!
Matthew Keys won’t do 25 years for defacing the LA Times website, but computer crime laws are outdated as hell.
Pressing Matters
The first months of Dean Baquet’s editorship of The New York Times have been dramatic. Here he talks about the departure of his predecessor, punching walls, and why assigning reporters to warzones keeps him ‘most awake at night.’