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Ken DoctorMarch 29, 2019

Newsonomics: At the new L.A. Times, Norm Pearlstine is doing a little California dreaming

“With a traditional media company, you can have well-defined lines as long as you’re doing the same thing every day. But when you’re trying to reinvent yourself, if you don’t have an ease of communication with IT and with your business counterparts, it doesn’t work.”

Ken DoctorMarch 28, 2019

Newsonomics: Patrick Soon-Shiong on the L.A. Times’ transmedia future, french-fry tweets, and modernizing the “newspaper” business

The billionaire owner on unions (“I think they did the unionize thing out of desperation”), esports (“We must start fighting for the 16-year-olds all the way to the 30-year-olds, because that’s not our demographic”), and hiring the intern.

Ken DoctorMarch 27, 2019

Newsonomics: Inside the new L.A. Times, a 100-year vision that bets on tech and top-notch journalism

It’s a few years behind its East Coast brethren in New York and Washington. But tens of millions in new investment and ambitious digital plans are showing a path back to its former prominence — and beyond.

Nicholas QuahJanuary 22, 2019

Kids podcaster Pinna is leaving the crib and ready to take its first steps solo

Plus: NPR bets on life hacks and productivity guides, a toothbrush company doesn’t like where its podcast ad ended up, and how a side project turned into 4 million downloads.

Joshua BentonOctober 5, 2018

Requiem for a Tronc

A bad name stumbles into the sunset.

Austin SmithAugust 29, 2018

Why do billionaires decide to buy newspapers (and why should we be happy when they do)?

“If the Post is like Amazon, happy to sell individual slices of its vertically integrated whole, the Times is perhaps more like Apple, bringing its ethos and voice to a more diverse array of products.”

Nicholas QuahJuly 24, 2018

Netflix helped propel this podcast from a canceled show to a six-figure success

Plus: A big fat Leonard Lopate debacle at WBAI, “podcasts by women, for everyone, no creeps allowed,” and publishers are building teams around smart speakers.

Ken DoctorJuly 2, 2018

Newsonomics: What’s next for the L.A. Times, and a few other questions of the moment for the news business

Warren Buffett may not have sold his newspapers, but he sure looks to be throwing in the towel.

Ken DoctorJune 20, 2018

Newsonomics: GateHouse’s Mike Reed talks about rolling up America’s news industry

“Content is our number-one priority,” Reed said. But he’s unwilling to publicly commit to any new level of funding or staffing to meet that goal.

Ken DoctorApril 16, 2018

Newsonomics: The news world will miss Michael Ferro

“To whom will we now turn to enliven the continuing conflagration that is the American newspaper industry?”