Los Angeles Times

L.A. Times Outlines 'Painful' Cuts

Stevie Converse — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:25:12 -0700

The Los Angeles Times plans to cut approximately 150 positions—or about 17 percent—from its print and Internet newsroom staff and reduce the number of pages it publishes each week by 15 percent, Times Publisher David Hiller and Editor Russ Stanton informed staff Wednesday.

LA Times to Cut 250 jobs, including 150 News Jobs

Stevie Converse — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:47:55 -0700

The Los Angeles Times plans to cut 250 positions, including 150 jobs in the print and online news departments, amid a continuing industrywide slump in ad sales, the paper's editor said Wednesday.

Don't Play It Again, Sam: 'L.A. Times' Staffers Bid Farewell in E-mails -- Some Targeting Zell

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:20:48 -0700

The latest round of buyouts at the Los Angeles Times has cost the newspaper a high number of experienced staffers, some of whom took shots at the direction of the paper and/or new owner Sam Zell as they headed out the door.

The Los Angeles Times Apologizes over Article on Rapper

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:01:22 -0700

A Los Angeles Times story about a brutal 1994 attack on rap superstar Tupac Shakur was partially based on documents that appear to have been fabricated, the reporter and editor responsible for the story said Wednesday.

Paper Apologizes over Tupac Shakur Story

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:22:18 -0700

A stormy day at the Los Angeles Times began with charges that a controversial story was based on forged documents, and ended with apologies from a veteran reporter, his supervisor and the paper’s new executive editor, Russ Stanton:

Big Phat Liar

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:43:23 -0700

Last week's bombshell Los Angeles Times report claiming that the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur in the lobby of a Manhattan recording studio was carried out by associates of Sean "Diddy" Combs and that the rap impresario knew of the plot beforehand was based largely on fabricated FBI reports, the Smoking Gun has learned.