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Articles tagged L.A. Times (24)

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.

Ken DoctorSeptember 17, 2018

Newsonomics: Could a McClatchy-Tronc merger help local newspapers transition to digital?

One’s a family-controlled, century-plus-old newspaper chain, known for believing in its civic mission but not for its digital strategy. The other is, well, Tronc. With an assist from L.A.’s richest man, could this be a path forward?

Ken DoctorMay 31, 2018

Newsonomics: Tronc’s selling, and buying, and just generally shapeshifting

For a company that’s known little but chaos in its short life, the degree of uncertainty is now as high as ever. Just about the only thing we know: Tronc execs will come out well in the end.

Ken DoctorApril 16, 2018

Newsonomics: 8 questions as Michael Ferro leaves the stage ($100 million richer)

What are the first challenges the new ownership faces? What happens to the Tribune name? And could Chicago see two locally owned daily newspapers?

Ken DoctorMarch 9, 2018

Newsonomics: Is Tronc due for a crash? And a few other questions about this busy week in the news business

Plus: Digital First’s owner gets sued for alleged bad behavior, The Athletic looks to get huge, and Advance newspapers start poking at paywalls.

Ken DoctorJanuary 18, 2018

Newsonomics: Inside L.A.’s journalistic collapse

Southern California has gone from five significant daily newspaper companies three years ago to two today. And they’re both in trouble.

Ken DoctorJanuary 11, 2018

Newsonomics: Can a new management team soothe the roiled Los Angeles Times newsroom?

New hires from The New York Times and The Washington Post bring new faces to a news organization that has been in flux under Tronc management.

Ken DoctorNovember 16, 2017

Newsonomics: A call to arms (and wallets) in the new era of deregulation and bigger media

First Sinclair and now the Kochs are back. In an age of media free-for-all and massive deregulation, will fact-based journalism become an endangered species?

Ken DoctorMay 6, 2016

Newsonomics: Can a Bezos buddy act help fend off Gannett’s bid for Tribune?

Tribune Publishing’s Michael Ferro says he wants to bring The Washington Post’s Arc CMS to its newspapers. Is that a grasp at credibility or a model for other news companies to outsource their tech stacks?

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