Highlights from the busy past week at News & Chatter:

  1. Publisher out, publisher in, staff insurrection, Baquet t-shirts: exclusive insider coverage of the mess at the L.A. Times.
  2. Another scoop: Daily News gets in on the editor-threatens-to-quit act, but things calm down.
  3. Sex comes to City Hall's corruption probe — finally.
  4. Susan Estrich channels Ann Coulter, in more ways than one.
  5. Allan Mayer plans his exit strategy from Sitrick & Company.
  6. Attorney General vs. Barry Munitz and the Getty's lavish style.
  7. LA Observed visits the new Griffith Observatory.
  8. Meet the LAT's newest editorial writers.
  9. Double play at home on the same throw.
  10. Tom Sawyer's Island taken over by Pirates.
  11. LAPD homicide detective writes a novel on South Los Angeles.
  12. Hollywood story: Sleeping with a mid-level actor.

Plus: A week's worth of Morning Buzz round-ups and Mark Lacter's posts at LA Biz Observed.

LA Observed was also interviewed last week on Fox 11 News, Marketplace, KPCC's Airtalk and the KPFK Evening News and cited on Romenesko, Gawker, Deadline Hollywood Daily, NewsDesigner.com, Modern Art Notes, LA Voice, LAist, LA.com, Fishbowl L.A., Risky Biz, Movie City News and SportsJournalists.com.

Don't miss: Eric Estrin visits the telemarketing dark side and Bob Baker rants at Tribune at Native Intelligence, Vin Scully goes home at SoCal Sports Observed, news and notes from Echo Park at Chicken Corner, and Veronique bakes a pie in Otis Chandler's kitchen at Here in Malibu.


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4:03 PM Fri | CBS and ABC have far bigger fish to fry - namely whether their stations can get back the auto and retail advertising that fell off a cliff in 2009.
Native Intelligence
Jenny Price | Recycling!
Veronique de Turenne | And there's still time to take part!
Phil Wallace | Searching for answers after a third loss this year.
Deanne Stillman | Jihad and cash offers meet American soldiers during the Gulf War, and beyond.
Iris Schneider | After a tough year financially, the Museum of Contemporary Art put on a gala party to celebrate with 1,000 of its closest friends.
Jenny Burman
Thinking more about buying less.
Here in Malibu
Seriously -- turn out the lights.
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