Media people

Friday media notes

  • The Internet has surpassed TV as the biggest source of political news for Californians under 35, the PPIC finds.
  • LAT critic Christopher Hawthorne looks at how Tuesday's election results may slow down local transit projects.
  • Blogdowntown, which debuted in print this year, is taking another step: hiring its first full-time editor to oversee content.
  • Journalist Ken Broder blogs about looking for a job more than a year after his layoff from the L.A. Times: "I’ve got my eye on one right now at the Los Angeles Times where I worked for 19 years. I’m pretty sure it’s a job I am well-suited for, since it’s the job I used to have. Apparently the fresh-faced, newly-minted graduate they hired as an intern only days after my departure is now on staff and well-regarded."
  • Activist Ron Kaye pronounces AEG's pitch for a new football stadium and more at L.A. Live too good to be true.
  • Last night was Rahm Emanuel's Hollywood fundraiser for his campaign for mayor of Chicago.
  • Ryan Seacrest has launched a foundation "to build broadcast media centers within pediatric hospitals for children to explore the creative realms of radio, television and new media."
  • Writer Daniel Hernandez blogs about turning 30 in Tijuana.
  • The September cover of Harper's Bazaar with Jennifer Aniston was the magazine's best-selling issue in seven years.
  • Ten key lessons for hyperlocal journalism startups.

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