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The Union-Tribune finally got around to announcing how many people it's laying off. The number is 112, not the 200 that had been posted yesterday. The cuts follow the elimination of 192 positions three months ago when Bev Hills-based Platinum Equity bought the paper. The U-T says it will focus more on local community news and launch what it calls a ''micro-zoning'' initiative for small businesses to advertise at lower rates.(E&P)

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1:35 PM Sat | A front-page story in the L.A. Times on the opening of KPCC's new studios in Pasadena says that next up for the NPR station is "a major expansion that its board of trustees hopes will make KPCC the hub of a regional constellation of public radio stations and a major source of news and information in Southern California."
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