There seems to be some momentum among those with deep pockets to address the local news crisis. But if that money appears, where should it be directed?
Will his attempt to sideline investor Patrick Soon-Shiong lead to consolidated control, or will legal action push back? And did we ever figure out what a Tronc is, anyway?
Its chief content officer: “My message has been, any journalist at any of our papers can come up with a great idea, something that we think is scalable, we will help them scale it.”
Well-intentioned antitrust actions by the Department of Justice are likely to deliver two newspapers to a company with a record of milking papers for profit through deep cutbacks.
Lichterman, Joseph. "Former L.A. Times publisher: Local news orgs need to take advantage of their “unique geography”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 24 Feb. 2016. Web. 20 Jun. 2019.
APA
Lichterman, J. (2016, Feb. 24). Former L.A. Times publisher: Local news orgs need to take advantage of their “unique geography”. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved June 20, 2019, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/02/former-l-a-times-publisher-local-news-orgs-need-to-take-advantage-of-their-unique-geography/
Chicago
Lichterman, Joseph. "Former L.A. Times publisher: Local news orgs need to take advantage of their “unique geography”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 24, 2016. Accessed June 20, 2019. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/02/former-l-a-times-publisher-local-news-orgs-need-to-take-advantage-of-their-unique-geography/.
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