Cartoonist fired by LA Times after LAPD arrest says evidence 'spliced and...
As Ted Rall’s book on Edward Snowden hits shelves this week, parallels are visible between his own story – involving a police encounter over jaywalking – and that of his subject, the NSA...
View Article'Rapacious' Arianna Huffington accused of devaluing journalists
By employing ‘predatory business practices... Ms Huffington seems to believe that journalism skills are worth nothing’, writes Lauren Lipton This exchange of letters requires no comment from me, except...
View ArticleAustin Buetner: Los Angeles Times publisher fired abruptly
‘I am not departing by choice’ – former investment banker hired a year ago by Tribune Publishing announces departure on Facebook, saying email was cut off Tribune Publishing Company has fired the...
View ArticleVenezuela star conductor Gustavo Dudamel defends silence on protests
Director of the LA Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela acknowledges joint performances may set stage for demonstrationsVenezuela’s classical music superstar Gustavo...
View ArticleJournalist Matthew Keys guilty of conspiring with Anonymous to hack LA Times
Matthew Keys was fired by a TV station owned by the same company two months before the website was hackedThe well-known social media journalist Matthew Keys has been found guilty of conspiring with the...
View ArticleLA Times reporters almost miss Oscars after top brass snaffle awards tickets
The paper’s six tickets to the ceremony on its doorstep in Los Angeles were initially claimed by executives until an email from ‘shocked’ film staffThe Los Angeles Times almost didn’t have a reporter...
View ArticleLA Times hoaxed into reporting UN declaring end of war on drugs
Press release hoax had claimed UN office on drugs and crime recommended decriminalizing marijuana and other liberal policies before Ungass summitAs the United Nations held its first General Assembly in...
View ArticleUSA Today drops crossword compiler accused of plagiarism
Clues led to discovery of similarities to puzzles in the New York Times Crossword puzzles compiled by a man accused of plagiarism will no longer be published in the American daily newspaper USA...
View ArticleGannett increases its bid to $865m to acquire US newspaper rival
‘Aggressive’ USA Today publisher eager to swallow the Tribune companyUS newspaper giant Gannett has increased its takeover bid for another big publisher, Tribune, after its first attempt was rebuffed....
View ArticleUS newspapers unite in disgust at Donald Trump's attack on Clinton | Roy...
His veiled ‘assassination threat’ against Hillary provokes negative front page headlines and a call by the New York Daily News to end his campaignDonald Trump’s “assassination threat” against Hillary...
View ArticleMartin Baron: 'We took Donald Trump seriously from the beginning'
The Washington Post’s executive editor on breaking Trump’s Access Hollywood hot mic moment and the surprising positives of working beside software engineersThe phone call that would, just hours later,...
View ArticleWhy did the Los Angeles Times take so long to run an investigation?
Although the newspaper is a case study in 21st century newsprint decline, there are questions also about its editorial decision-makingI have just spent three weeks in Los Angeles, home to a newspaper...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune sold to biotech billionaire
Patrick Soon-Shiong buys California newspapers from Tronc for $500m in cash, allowing paper to repay outstanding debtThe Los Angeles Times is being sold to a local billionaire for $500m, ending its...
View ArticleLA Times among US-based news sites blocking EU users due to GDPR
LA Times, Chicago Tribune and others redirect to pages saying sites are currently unavailable in most European countriesThe general data protection regulation, which has come into effect, has prompted...
View ArticleTronc to change name back to Tribune Publishing after two years of ridicule
Media company has been considering ditching the name ‘for a few weeks’ but no final decision has been made yetTronc is dead, long live Tribune! The media company that owns the Chicago Tribune and the...
View ArticleThe billionaire who bought the LA Times: 'Hipsters will want paper soon'
Patrick Soon-Shiong despises clickbait and says the future belongs to quality journalism. Will his gamble pay off?Patrick Soon-Shiong has spent decades trying to cure cancer and made a biotech fortune...
View ArticleJonathan Gold, first restaurant critic to win a Pulitzer, dies aged 57
The Los Angeles Times reported Gold died Saturday after being diagnosed earlier this month with pancreatic cancerJonathan Gold, the first restaurant critic to win the Pulitzer prize for criticism, has...
View Article'Centuries of entitlement': Emma Thompson on why she quit Lasseter film
In her resignation letter from the film Luck, the actor questions whether any company should work with disgraced film executive John LasseterWhen the actor Emma Thompson left the forthcoming animated...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times names ESPN’s Kevin Merida as new executive editor
The former Washington Post journalist replaces Norman Pearlstine and will be charged with promoting their digital news platformThe Los Angeles Times on Monday said that Kevin Merida, who built ESPN’s...
View ArticleNewspapers around the world pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II – in pictures
A look at how global media covered the death of the monarch in their print editionsContinue reading...
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