Read more Los Angeles Times stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9897/los-angeles-times.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:53:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62909/tmz-scoops-world-on-jackson-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTMZ left its more savory rivals in the dust yesterday, reporting Michael Jackson’s cardiac arrest and death before any other media outlet, the Chicago Tribune reports. The AOL gossip website reported Jackson’s death at 2:44 local time, less than 20 minutes after the singer expired. But many outlets were...http://www.newser.com/story/62909/tmz-scoops-world-on-jackson-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 10:41:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49500/times-to-ax-300-jobs-local-news-section.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid growing gloom in the newspaper business, the Los Angeles Times plans to lay off 300 workers and shelve its local news section, LA Observed reports. Foreign and national news will be downplayed to fit local stories into the front section, the publisher said in a memo today. Seventy newsroom...http://www.newser.com/story/49500/times-to-ax-300-jobs-local-news-section.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Jan 2009 20:37:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48283/big-day-a-windfall-for-newspapers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNewspapers expect a multi-million-dollar windfall in extra sales to people who want a keepsake of Inauguration Day, and publishers are gearing up to make the most of it, Bloomberg reports. The Washington Post is jacking up its price to $2, and the New York Times, USA Today and other publications...http://www.newser.com/story/48283/big-day-a-windfall-for-newspapers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 4:02:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44772/the-bell-tolls-for-journos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the flurry of firings and buyouts at the nation’s newspapers, "it certainly feels like the end of days," writes Julia Klein in Obit . But while much has been made of lofty topics such as "the fate of democracy" and "journalism's core civic and watchdog functions, not much attention has...http://www.newser.com/story/44772/the-bell-tolls-for-journos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Dec 2008 9:32:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44746/tribune-company-files-for-bankruptcy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Tribune Company filed today for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, due to mounting debt and an inability to pay interest in the floundering economy, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tribune’s profits declined 83% in the third quarter, making it difficult to finance $12 billion in debt. The company has employed...http://www.newser.com/story/44746/tribune-company-files-for-bankruptcy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Dec 2008 14:09:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44664/tribune-may-file-for-bankruptcy-this-week.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Tribune Co. has hired a financial adviser to help it file for bankruptcy as early as this week, the Wall Street Journal reports. Facing $12 billion in debt and shrinking profits, the owner of the Chicago Cubs and several newspapers has also brought in legal counsel to guide it...http://www.newser.com/story/44664/tribune-may-file-for-bankruptcy-this-week.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Dec 2008 19:02:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44187/zell-clueless-about-journalism-and-democracy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSam Zell may or may not turn the Tribune Company around, but his ownership has crippled “real newsgathering,” Peter Osnos writes in the Daily Beast. “If Tribune goes down, he will still be very rich,” Osnos continues, “but he will have presided over the evisceration of some of our best...http://www.newser.com/story/44187/zell-clueless-about-journalism-and-democracy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Dec 2008 15:37:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41168/mccain-camp-la-times-is-suppressing-obama-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe McCain campaign is accusing the Los Angeles Tim es of shirking its journalistic duty by sitting on a tape of Barack Obama speaking at a 2003 dinner in honor of a Palestinian-American scholar and activist. The Times —which wrote about the tape in an April article on Obama's ties...http://www.newser.com/story/41168/mccain-camp-la-times-is-suppressing-obama-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Oct 2008 3:14:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40279/la-times-endorses-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Los Angeles Times today endorsed Barack Obama for president “without hesitation,” citing his combination of “grace under pressure” and “passion to inspire the best within us.” His campaign was at first lit by the newness of his personal narrative, but “as the presidential race draws to its conclusion, it...http://www.newser.com/story/40279/la-times-endorses-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Oct 2008 8:53:40 CDT