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October 28, 2008
I put together a four-minute video from the weekend's Los Angeles Archives Bazaar at USC on the two documentaries I caught up with — "Chicano Rock" and "The Eastsiders" —... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
I will be on Which Way, L.A.? with Warren Olney at 7 pm on KCRW, describing the latest newsroom shrinkage at the Los Angeles Times. There's also a segment about... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Gov. Sarah Palin hanging in effigy or this Los Feliz store display with a Manson family murders theme? That's a pregnant Sharon Tate, tied with a noose around her neck,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
LAPD chief William Bratton has given another interview across the pond — to ITV's London Tonight program (pardon me, programme) — and his remarks about British justice caught the eye... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The century-old newspaper's circulation has dropped to 52,000 from a 1970 high of 220,000, so it will stop printing a daily paper and go web only. There will be a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mark Gold is executive director of Heal the Bay, which often puts him at odds with his brother, the whale-eating food writer for the LA Weekly (and their Madison Avenue... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Yesterday's newsroom cost-cutting is shaping up as the biggest single downshift in content and staff depth in the history of the Los Angeles Times — with big hits in Washington,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Variety managing editor and politics writer Ted Johnson blogged about his marriage to Stewart Scott, presided over by West Hollywood City Councilman John Duran, in the context of Proposition 8.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Delmar Watson came from a family of nine children that supplied kids to the movies — he was in more than 300 during his youth — and later became a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Nick Patsaouras says he intends to resign from the DWP commission later this week to start his campaign for Controller. I think he last ran in 1993 when he... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
With the 75 job cuts yesterday, which was another 10% of the staff, the newsroom has eliminated at least 250 positions this year, the paper's story says. The editorial staff... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A special report on Los Angeles packaged in today's print edition of the U.K.'s Financial Times includes pieces on digital media, art, Antonio Villaraigosa, Hollywood, Downtown, real estate and other... $MTEntryExcerpt$>