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Los Angeles Times
The front page ofLos Angeles Timeson July 10, 2021
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Los Angeles Times Communications LLC (Nant Capital)
Founder(s)
PresidentPatrick Soon-Shiong
EditorTerry Tang
FoundedDecember 4, 1881;142 years ago(1881-12-04)(asLos Angeles Daily Times)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters2300 E.Imperial Highway
El Segundo, California90245
CountryUnited States
Circulation142,382 Average print circulation[1]
105,000 Digital (2018)[2]
ISSN0458-3035(print)
2165-1736(web)
OCLCnumber3638237
Websitewww.latimes.comEdit this at Wikidata

TheLos Angeles Timesis adaily newspaperthat began publishing inLos Angeles,California, in 1881.[3]Based in theGreater Los Angelesarea city ofEl Segundosince 2018,[4]it is thesixth-largest newspaperin the nation and the largest in theWestern United Stateswith aprint circulationof 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers.[5]Owned byPatrick Soon-Shiongand published by California Times, the paper has won over 40Pulitzer Prizessince its founding.[6][7][8][9]

In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation forcivic boosterismand opposition tolabor unions,the latter of which led to thebombing of its headquartersin 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisherOtis Chandler,who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California[10]and the United States, the paper's readership has declined since 2010. It has also been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies.

In January 2018, the paper's staff voted tounionizeand finalized their first union contract on October 16, 2019.[11]The paper moved out of itshistoric headquarters in downtown Los Angelesto a facility in El Segundo, near theLos Angeles International Airport,in July 2018. Since 2020, the newspaper's coverage has evolved away from national and international news and toward coverage ofCaliforniaand especiallySouthern Californianews.

In January 2024, the paper underwent its largest percentage reduction in headcount—amounting to a layoff of over 20%, including senior staff editorial positions—in an effort to stem the tide of financial losses and maintain enough cash to be viably operational through the end of the year in a struggle for survival and relevance as a regional newspaper of diminished status.[12][13][14]

History

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See also:List of Los Angeles Times publishers

Otis era

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Further information:Harrison Gray Otis (publisher)
Rubble of theLos Angeles Timesbuildingfollowing the1910 bombing
Harry ChandlerandHarrison Gray Otisin August 1917

TheTimeswas first published on December 4, 1881, as theLos Angeles Daily Times,under the direction ofNathan Cole Jr.andThomas Gardiner.[15][16][17]It was first printed at theMirrorprinting plant, owned byJesse YarnellandT. J. Caystile.Unable to pay the printing bill, Cole and Gardiner turned the paper over to the Mirror Company. In the meantime,S. J. Matheshad joined the firm, and it was at his insistence that theTimescontinued publication. In July 1882,Harrison Gray Otismoved fromSanta Barbara, Californiato become the paper's editor.[18]At the same time he also purchased a 1/4 stake in the paper for $6,000 mostly secured on a bank loan.[19]

HistorianKevin Starrwrote that Otis was a businessman "capable of manipulating the entire apparatus of politics andpublic opinionfor his own enrichment ".[20]Otis's editorial policy was based oncivic boosterism,extolling the virtues ofLos Angelesand promoting its growth. Toward those ends, the paper supported efforts to expand the city's water supply byacquiring the rights to the water supply of the distant Owens Valley.[21]

The efforts of theTimesto fightlocal unionsled to thebombing of its headquarterson October 1, 1910, killing 21 people. Two of the union leaders,James and Joseph McNamara,were charged. TheAmerican Federation of Laborhired notedtrial attorneyClarence Darrowto represent the brothers, who eventually pleaded guilty.

Otis fastened a bronze eagle on top of a highfriezeof the newTimesheadquarters building designed byGordon Kaufmann,proclaiming anew the credo written by his wife, Eliza: "Stand Fast, Stand Firm, Stand Sure, Stand True".[22][23]

Chandler era

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Further information:Harry Chandler,Norman Chandler,andOtis Chandler

After Otis' death in 1917, his son-in-law and the paper's business manager,Harry Chandler,took control as publisher of theTimes.Chandler was succeeded in 1944 by his son,Norman Chandler,who ran the paper during the rapid growth in Los Angeles following the end ofWorld War II.Norman's wife,Dorothy Buffum Chandler,became active in civic affairs and led the effort to build theLos Angeles Music Center,whose main concert hall was named theDorothy Chandler Pavilionin her honor. Family members are buried at theHollywood Forever CemeterynearParamount Studios.The site also includes a memorial to the Times Building bombing victims.

In 1935, the newspaper moved to a new, landmark Art Deco building, theLos Angeles Times Building,to which the newspaper would add other facilities until taking up the entire city block between Spring, Broadway, First and Second streets, which came to be known asTimes Mirror Squareand would house the paper until 2018.Harry Chandler,then the president and general manager ofTimes-Mirror Co.,declared the Los Angeles Times Building a "monument to the progress of our city and Southern California".[24]

The fourth generation of family publishers,Otis Chandler,held that position from 1960 till 1980. Otis Chandler sought legitimacy and recognition for his family's paper, often forgotten in the power centers of theNortheastern United Statesdue to its geographic and cultural distance. He sought to remake the paper in the model of the nation's most respected newspapers, such asThe New York TimesandThe Washington Post.Believing that the newsroom was "the heartbeat of the business",[25]Otis Chandler increased the size and pay of the reporting staff and expanded its national and international reporting. In 1962, the paper joined withThe Washington Postto form theLos Angeles Times–Washington Post News Serviceto syndicate articles from both papers for other news organizations. He also toned down the unyieldingconservatismthat had characterized the paper over the years, adopting a much more centrist editorial stance.

During the 1960s, the paper won fourPulitzer Prizes,more than its previous nine decades combined.

In 2013,Timesreporter Michael Hiltzik wrote that:

The first generations bought or founded their local paper for profits and also social and political influence (which often brought more profits). Their children enjoyed both profits and influence, but as the families grew larger, the later generations found that only one or two branches got the power, and everyone else got a share of the money. Eventually the coupon-clipping branches realized that they could make more money investing in something other than newspapers. Under their pressure the companies went public, or split apart, or disappeared. That's the pattern followed over more than a century by theLos Angeles Timesunder the Chandler family.[26]

The paper's early history and subsequent transformation was chronicled in an unauthorized history,Thinking Big(1977,ISBN0-399-11766-0), and was one of four organizations profiled byDavid HalberstaminThe Powers That Be(1979,ISBN0-394-50381-3;2000 reprintISBN0-252-06941-2). Between the 1960s and the mid-2000s it was also the whole or partial subject of nearly thirty dissertations in communications and social science.[27]

FormerTimesbuildings

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Main article:Los Angeles Times building

TheLos Angeles Timeshas occupied five physical sites beginning in 1881.

Modern era

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ATimesnewspaper vending machinefeaturing news of the1984 Summer Olympics
The newspaper's current headquarters inEl Segundo, California

TheLos Angeles Timeswas beset in the first decade of the 21st century by changes in ownership, abankruptcy,a rapid succession of editors, reductions in staff, decreases in paid circulation, the need to increase its Web presence, and a series of controversies.[28]In January 2024, the newsroom announced a roughly 20 percent reduction in staff, due to anemic subscription growth and other financial struggles.[28]

The newspaper moved to a new headquarters building inEl Segundo,nearLos Angeles International Airport,in July 2018.[29][30]

Ownership

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In 2000,Times Mirror Company,publisher of theLos Angeles Times,was purchased by theTribune CompanyofChicago,Illinois, placing the paper in co-ownership with the then WB-affiliated (nowCW-affiliated)KTLA,which Tribune acquired in 1985.[31]

On April 2, 2007, the Tribune Company announced its acceptance of real estate entrepreneurSam Zell's offer to buy theChicago Tribune,theLos Angeles Times,and all other company assets. Zell announced that he would sell theChicago Cubsbaseball club. He put up for sale the company's 25 percent interest inComcast SportsNetChicago. Until shareholder approval was received, Los Angeles billionairesRon BurkleandEli Broadhad the right to submit a higher bid, in which case Zell would have received a $25 million buyout fee.[32]

In December 2008, the Tribune Company filed forbankruptcy protection.The bankruptcy was a result of decliningadvertising revenueand a debt load of $12.9 billion, much of it incurred when the paper was taken private by Zell.[33]

On February 7, 2018,Tribune Publishing,formerly Tronc Inc., agreed to sell theLos Angeles Timesand its two otherSouthern Californianewspapers,The San Diego Union-TribuneandHoy,to billionaire biotech investorPatrick Soon-Shiong.[34][35]The sale to Soon-Shiong through his Nant Capital investment fund, for $500 million plus the assumption of $90 million in pension liabilities,[36][37]closed on June 16, 2018.[38]

Editorial changes and staff reductions

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In 2000,John Carroll,former editor of theBaltimore Sun,was brought in to restore the luster of the newspaper.[39]During his reign at theTimes,he eliminated more than 200 jobs, but despite an operating profit margin of 20 percent, the Tribune executives were unsatisfied with returns, and by 2005 Carroll had left the newspaper. His successor,Dean Baquet,refused to impose the additional cutbacks mandated by the Tribune Company.

Baquet was the first African-American to hold this type of editorial position at a top-tier daily. During Baquet and Carroll's time at the paper, it won 13Pulitzer Prizes,more than any other paper exceptThe New York Times.[40]However, Baquet was removed from the editorship for not meeting the demands of the Tribune Group—as was publisher Jeffrey Johnson—and was replaced by James O'Shea of theChicago Tribune.O'Shea himself left in January 2008 after a budget dispute with publisherDavid Hiller.[41][42]

The paper reported on July 3, 2008, that it planned to cut 250 jobs byLabor Dayand reduce the number of published pages by 15 percent.[43][44]That included about 17 percent of the news staff, as part of the newly private media company's mandate to reduce costs.[45]Hiller himself resigned on July 14.[46]In January 2009, theTimeseliminated the separate California/Metro section, folding it into the front section of the newspaper, and also announced seventy job cuts in news and editorial or a 10 percent cut in payroll.[47]

In September 2015,Austin Beutner,the publisher and chief executive, was replaced byTimothy E. Ryan.[48]On October 5, 2015, thePoynter Institutereported that "'At least 50' editorial positions will be culled from theLos Angeles Times"through a buyout.[49]Nancy Cleeland,[50]who took O'Shea's buyout offer, did so because of "frustration with the paper's coverage of working people and organized labor"[51](the beat that earned her Pulitzer).[50]She speculated that the paper's revenue shortfall could be reversed by expanding coverage ofeconomic justicetopics, which she believed were increasingly relevant to Southern California; she cited the paper's attempted hiring of a "celebrity justice reporter" as an example of the wrong approach.[51]

On August 21, 2017,Ross Levinsohn,then aged 54, was named publisher and CEO, replacingDavan Maharaj,who had been both publisher and editor.[52]On June 16, 2018, the same day the sale to Patrick Soon-Shiong closed,Norman Pearlstinewas named executive editor.[38]

On May 3, 2021, the newspaper announced that it had selectedKevin Meridato be the new executive editor. Merida was then a senior vice president atESPNand headedThe Undefeated,a site focused on sports, race, and culture; he had previously been the first Black managing editor atThe Washington Post.[53]

TheLos Angeles TimesOlympic Boulevard printing press was not purchased by Soon-Shiong and was kept by Tribune; in 2016 it was sold to developers who planned to build sound stages on the site.[54]It had opened in 1990 and could print 70,000 96-page newspapers an hour.[55][56]The last issue of theTimesprinted at Olympic Boulevard was the March 11, 2024, edition.[56][57]Printing moved toRiverside,at theSouthern California News Group'sPress-Enterpriseprinter, which also prints Southern California editions of theNew York TimesandWall Street Journal.[58]

In preparation for the printing plant closure and with a refocusing of sports coverage for editorial reasons, daily game coverage and box scores were eliminated on July 9, 2023. The sports section now features less time-sensitive articles, billed as similar to a magazine.[59]The change caused some consternation in theLos Angeles Jewish community,for many of whom reading box scores was a morningShabbatritual.[60]

On January 23, 2024, the newspaper announced a layoff that would affect at least 115 employees.[61]It named Terry Tang its next executive editor on April 8, 2024.[62]

Circulation

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An abandonedLos Angeles Timesvending machine inCovina, California,in 2011

TheTimeshas suffered continued decline in distribution. Reasons offered for the circulation drop included a price increase[63]and a rise in the proportion of readers preferring to read the online version instead of the print version.[64]Editor Jim O'Shea, in an internal memo announcing a May 2007, mostly voluntary,reduction in force,characterized the decrease in circulation as an "industry-wide problem" which the paper had to counter by "growing rapidly on-line", "break[ing] news on the Web and explain[ing] and analyz[ing] it in our newspaper."[65]

TheTimesclosed itsSan Fernando Valleyprinting plant in early 2006, leaving press operations to the Olympic plant and toOrange County.Also that year the paper announced its circulation had fallen to 851,532, down 5.4 percent from 2005. TheTimes's loss of circulation was the largest of the top ten newspapers in the U.S.[66]Some observers believed that the drop was due to the retirement of circulation director Bert Tiffany. Others thought the decline was a side effect of a succession of short-lived editors who were appointed by publisher Mark Willes after publisherOtis Chandlerrelinquished day-to-day control in 1995.[25]Willes, the former president ofGeneral Mills,was criticized for his lack of understanding of the newspaper business, and was derisively referred to by reporters and editors asThe Cereal Killer.[67]Subsequently, the Orange County plant closed in 2010.[68]

TheTimes's reported daily circulation in October 2010 was 600,449,[69]down from a peak of 1,225,189 daily and 1,514,096 Sunday in April 1990.[70][71]

Internet presence and free weeklies

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In December 2006, a team ofTimesreporters delivered management with a critique of the paper's online news efforts known as the Spring Street Project.[72]The report, which condemned theTimesas a "web-stupid" organization,[72]was followed by a shakeup in management of the paper's website,[73]and a rebuke of print staffers who were described as treating "change as a threat."[74]

On July 10, 2007, theTimeslaunched a localMetromixsite targeting live entertainment for young adults.[75]A free weeklytabloidprint edition of Metromix Los Angeles followed in February 2008; the publication was the newspaper's first stand-alone print weekly.[76]In 2009, theTimesshut down Metromix and replaced it withBrand X,ablog siteand free weekly tabloid targeting young,social networkingreaders.[77]Brand Xlaunched in March 2009; theBrand Xtabloid ceased publication in June 2011 and the website was shut down the following month.[78]

In May 2018, theTimesblocked access to its online edition from most of Europe because of the European Union'sGeneral Data Protection Regulation.[79][80]

Other controversies

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Further information:Andrés Martinez (editor) §.22Grazergate.22 Controversy,andNews media endorsements in the 2024 United States presidential election § Suppression of Harris endorsements

In 1999, it was revealed that a revenue-sharing arrangement was in place between theTimesandStaples Centerin the preparation of a 168-page magazine about the opening of the sports arena. The magazine's editors and writers were not informed of the agreement, which breached theChinese wallthat traditionally has separated advertising from journalistic functions at American newspapers. Publisher Mark Willes also had not prevented advertisers from pressuring reporters in other sections of the newspaper to write stories favorable to their point of view.[81] Michael Kinsleywas hired as the Opinion and Editorial (op-ed) Editor in April 2004 to help improve the quality of the opinion pieces. His role was controversial, for he forced writers to take a more decisive stance on issues. In 2005, he created aWikitorial,the firstWikiby a major news organization. Although it failed, readers could combine forces to produce their own editorial pieces. It was shut down after being besieged with inappropriate material. He resigned later that year.[82]

In 2003, theTimesdrew fire for a last-minute story before theCalifornia recall electionalleging thatgubernatorialcandidateArnold Schwarzeneggergroped scores of women during his movie career. ColumnistJill Stewartwrote on theAmerican Reporterwebsite that theTimesdid not do a story on allegations that former GovernorGray Davishad verbally and physically abused women in his office, and that the Schwarzenegger story relied on a number of anonymous sources. Further, she said, four of the six alleged victims were not named. She also said that in the case of the Davis allegations, theTimesdecided against printing the Davis story because of its reliance on anonymous sources.[83][84]TheAmerican Society of Newspaper Editorssaid that theTimeslost more than 10,000 subscribers because of the negative publicity surrounding the Schwarzenegger article.[85]

On November 12, 2005, new op-ed editorAndrés Martinezannounced the dismissal of liberal op-ed columnistRobert Scheerand conservative editorial cartoonistMichael Ramirez.[86]

TheTimesalso came under controversy for its decision to drop the weekday edition of theGarfieldcomic strip in 2005, in favor of a hipper comic stripBrevity,while retaining it in the Sunday edition.Garfieldwas dropped altogether shortly thereafter.[87]

Following theRepublican Party's defeat in the2006 mid-term elections,an Opinion piece byJoshua Muravchik,a leadingneoconservativeand a resident scholar at the conservativeAmerican Enterprise Institute,published on November 19, 2006, was titled 'Bomb Iran'. The article shocked some readers, with its hawkish comments in support of more unilateral action by the United States, this time against Iran.[88]

On March 22, 2007, editorial page editorAndrés Martinezresigned following an alleged scandal centering on his girlfriend's professional relationship with a Hollywood producer who had been asked to guest-edit a section in the newspaper.[89]In an open letter written upon leaving the paper, Martinez criticized the publication for allowing the Chinese wall between the news and editorial departments to be weakened, accusing news staffers of lobbying the opinion desk.[90]

In November 2017,Walt Disney Studiosblacklisted theTimesfrom attending press screenings of its films, in retaliation for September 2017 reportage by the paper onDisney's political influence in the Anaheim area. The company considered the coverage to be "biased and inaccurate". As a sign of condemnation and solidarity, a number of major publications and writers, includingThe New York Times,Boston GlobecriticTy Burr,Washington Postblogger Alyssa Rosenberg, and the websitesThe A.V. ClubandFlavorwire,announced that they would boycott press screenings of future Disney films. TheNational Society of Film Critics,Los Angeles Film Critics Association,New York Film Critics Circle,andBoston Society of Film Criticsjointly announced that Disney's films would be ineligible for their respective year-end awards unless the decision was reversed, condemning the decision as being "antithetical to the principles of a free press and [setting] a dangerous precedent in a time of already heightened hostility towards journalists". On November 7, 2017, Disney reversed its decision, stating that the company "had productive discussions with the newly installed leadership at theLos Angeles Timesregarding our specific concerns ".[91][92][93]

In October 2024, Soon-Shiong, the owner of theTimes,told executive editor Terry Tang that the newspaper must not endorse a candidate in the2024 United States presidential election,but should instead print "a factual analysis of all the POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE policies by EACH candidate during their tenures at the White House, and how these policies affected the nation". TheTimeseditorial board, which had been preparing to endorseKamala Harris,theDemocraticpresidential candidate, rejected this alternative to endorsement, and afterDonald Trump,theRepublicancandidate, alluded to the newspaper not having endorsed Harris, Mariel Garza, the editor of the opinion section, resigned in protest, as did two other members of the editorial board, Robert Greene and Karin Klein.[94][95][96]Two hundredTimesstaff signed a letter condemning the way in which the non-endorsement was handled, and thousands of subscribers cancelled their subscriptions.[97]Soon-Shiong had previously blocked an endorsement by the editorial board in 2020, when he overruled their decision to endorseElizabeth Warrenin the2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[98]

Pulitzer Prizes

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Tragedy by the Sea,an April 1954 photo taken byLos Angeles TimesphotographerJohn L. Gauntof a young couple standing together beside the Pacific Ocean inHermosa Beach, California.A few minutes before the image was taken, the couple's 19-month-old son Michael disappeared. The photo won the 1955Pulitzer Prize for Photography.

As of 2014, theTimeshas won 41Pulitzer Prizes,including four in editorial cartooning, and one each in spot news reporting for the 1965Watts Riotsand the1992 Los Angeles riots.[99]

Competition and rivalries

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In the 19th century, the chief competition to theTimeswas theLos Angeles Examinerfollowed by the smallerLos Angeles Tribune.In December 1903, newspaper magnateWilliam Randolph Hearstbegan publishing theLos Angeles Examineras a direct morning competitor to theTimes.[109]In the 20th century, theLos Angeles Express,Manchester Boddy'sLos AngelesDaily News,a Democratic newspaper, were both afternoon competitors.[110]

By the mid-1940s, theTimeswas the leading newspaper in terms of circulation in theGreater Los Angeles.In 1948, it launched theLos Angeles Mirror,an afternoon tabloid, to compete with both theDaily Newsand the mergedHerald-Express.In 1954, theMirrorabsorbed theDaily News.The combined paper, theMirror-News,ceased publication in 1962, when the Hearst afternoonHerald-Expressand the morningLos Angeles Examinermerged to become theHerald-Examiner.[111]TheHerald-Examinerpublished its last number in 1989.

In 2014, theLos Angeles Register,published by Freedom Communications, then-parent company of theOrange County Register,was launched as a daily newspaper to compete with theTimes.By late September of that year, however, theLos Angeles Registerclosed.[112][113]

Special editions

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Midwinter and midsummer

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Midwinter

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For 69 years, from 1885[114]until 1954, theTimesissued on New Year's Day a special annual Midwinter Number or Midwinter Edition that extolled the virtues of Southern California. At first, it was called the "Trade Number", and in 1886 it featured a special press run of "extra scope and proportions"; that is, "a twenty-four-page paper, and we hope to make it the finest exponent of this [Southern California] country that ever existed."[115]Two years later, the edition had grown to "forty-eight handsome pages (9×15 inches), [which] stitched for convenience and better preservation", was "equivalent to a 150-page book."[116]The last use of the phraseTrade Numberwas in 1895, when the edition had grown to thirty-six pages split among three separate sections.[117]

The Midwinter Number drew acclamations from other newspapers, including this one fromThe Kansas City Starin 1923:

It is made up of five magazines with a total of 240 pages – the maximum size possible under the postal regulations. It goes into every detail of information about Los Angeles and Southern California that the heart could desire. It is virtually a cyclopedia on the subject. It drips official statistics. In addition, it verifies the statistics with a profusion of illustration.... it is a remarkable combination of guidebook and travel magazine.[118]

In 1948, the Midwinter Edition, as it was then called, had grown to "7 big picture magazines in beautifulrotogravurereproduction. "[119]The last mention of the Midwinter Edition was in aTimesadvertisement on January 10, 1954.[120]

Midsummer

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Between 1891 and 1895, theTimesalso issued a similar Midsummer Number, the first one featuring the theme, "The Land and Its Fruits".[121]Because of its issue date in September, the edition was in 1891 called the Midsummer Harvest Number.[122]

Zoned editions and subsidiaries

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Main article:Los Angeles Times suburban sections
Front page of the March 25, 1903, debut issue of the short-livedThe Wireless,published inAvalon[123]

In 1903, Pacific Wireless Telegraph Company established a radiotelegraph link between the California mainland andSanta Catalina Island.In the summer of that year, theTimesmade use of this link to establish a local daily paper, based inAvalon,The Wireless,which featured local news plus excerpts which had been transmitted via Morse code from the parent paper.[124]However, this effort apparently survived for only a little more than one year.[125]

In the 1990s, theTimespublished various editions catering to far-flung areas. Editions included those from the San Fernando Valley,Ventura County,Inland Empire,Orange County,San Diego County& a "National Edition" that was distributed toWashington, D.C.,and theSan Francisco Bay Area.Overall, there were 14 editions succeeded byOur Times,a group of community supplements included in editions of the regularLos Angeles Metronewspaper, with theOur Timeseditions ceasing publication in 2000.[126]

A subsidiary, Times Community Newspapers, publishes theDaily PilotofNewport BeachandCosta Mesa.[127][128]From 2011 to 2013, theTimeshad published thePasadena Sun.[129]It also had published theGlendale News-PressandBurbank Leaderfrom 1993 to 2020, and theLa Cañada Valley Sunfrom 2005 to 2020.[130]

On April 30, 2020, Charlie Plowman, publisher of Outlook Newspapers, announced he would acquire theGlendale News-Press,Burbank LeaderandLa Cañada Valley Sunfrom Times Community Newspapers. Plowman acquired theSouth Pasadena ReviewandSan Marino Tribunein late January 2020 from the Salter family, who owned and operated these two community weeklies.[131]

Features

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One of theTimes'features was "Column One", a feature that appeared daily on the front page to the left-hand side. Established in September 1968, it was a place for the weird and the interesting; in theHow Far Can a Piano Fly?(a compilation of Column One stories) introduction,Patt Morrisonwrote that the column's purpose was to elicit a "Gee, that's interesting, I didn't know that" type of reaction.

TheTimesalso embarked on a number ofinvestigative journalismpieces. A series in December 2004 on theKing/Drew Medical Centerin Los Angeles led to a Pulitzer Prize and a more thorough coverage of the hospital's troubled history. Lopez wrote a five-part series on the civic and humanitarian disgrace of Los Angeles'Skid Row,which became the focus of a 2009 motion picture,The Soloist.The paper also won 75 awards at the 2020Society for News Design(SND) awards for work completed in 2019.[132]

From 1967 to 1972, theTimesproduced a SundaysupplementcalledWestmagazine.Westwas recognized for its art design, which was directed by Mike Salisbury (who later became art director ofRolling Stonemagazine).[133]From 2000 to 2012, theTimespublished theLos Angeles Times Magazine,which started as a weekly and then became a monthly supplement. The magazine focused on stories and photos of people, places, style, and other cultural affairs occurring inLos Angelesand its surrounding cities and communities. In 2014,The California Sunday Magazinewas included in the SundayL.A. Timesedition, but stopped publishing in 2020.[134]

In 2024, theTimespublished an "L.A. Influential" series, featuring the city's most prominent moguls, artists, community leaders, and others.[135][136]The feature is arranged in six categories, based on industry and other details.[137]

Promotion

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Festival of Books

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Main article:Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
TheLos Angeles TimesFestival of Booksin 2009, held on theUCLAcampus

In 1996, theTimesstarted the annualLos Angeles Times Festival of Books,in association with theUniversity of California, Los Angeles.It has panel discussions, exhibits, and stages during two days at the end of April each year.[138]In 2011, the Festival of Books was moved to theUniversity of Southern California.[139]

Book prizes

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Main article:Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Since 1980, theTimeshas awarded annual book prizes. The categories are now biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction, history, mystery/thriller, poetry, science and technology, and young adult fiction. In addition, theRobert Kirsch Awardis presented annually to a living author with a substantial connection to the American West whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition ".[140]

Los Angeles Times Grand Prix

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Main article:Los Angeles Times Grand Prix

From 1957 to 1987, theTimessponsored theLos Angeles Times Grand Prixthat was held at theRiverside International RacewayinMoreno Valley, California.

Other media

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Book publishing

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The Times Mirror Corporation has also owned a number of book publishers over the years, includingNew American Library,C.V. Mosby,Harry N. Abrams,Matthew Bender,andJeppesen.[141]

In 1960, Times Mirror of Los Angeles bought the book publisherNew American Library,known for publishing affordable paperback reprints of classics and other scholarly works.[142]The NAL continued to operate autonomously from New York and within the Mirror Company. In 1983, Odyssey Partners and Ira J. Hechler bought NAL from the Times Mirror Company for over $50 million.[141]

In 1967, Times Mirror acquiredC.V. Mosby Company,a professional publisher and merged it over the years with several other professional publishers including Resource Application, Inc., Year Book Medical Publishers, Wolfe Publishing Ltd., PSG Publishing Company, B.C. Decker, Inc., among others. Eventually in 1998 Mosby was sold to Harcourt Brace & Company to form the Elsevier Health Sciences group.[143]

Broadcasting activities

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Times-Mirror Broadcasting Company
FormerlyKTTV, Inc. (1947–1963)
Company typePrivate
IndustryBroadcast television
Media
FoundedDecember 1947(1947-12)
Defunct1993
FateAcquired by Argyle Television (sold toNew World Communicationsin 1994)
Headquarters
Los Angeles,California
,
United States
Area served
United States
ProductsBroadcastandcable television
ParentThe Times-Mirror Company (1947–1963, 1970–1993)
Silent (1963–1970)

The Times-Mirror Company was a founding owner of television stationKTTVinLos Angeles,which opened in January 1949. It became that station's sole owner in 1951, after re-acquiring the minority shares it had sold toCBSin 1948. Times-Mirror also purchased a former motion picture studio,Nassour Studios,inHollywoodin 1950, which was then used to consolidate KTTV's operations. Later to be known asMetromedia Square,the studio was sold along with KTTV toMetromediain 1963.

After a seven-year hiatus from the medium, the firm reactivatedTimes-Mirror Broadcasting Companywith its 1970 purchase of theDallas Times Heraldand its radio and television stations,KRLD-AM-FM-TV inDallas.[144]TheFederal Communications Commissiongranted an exemption of itscross-ownershippolicy and allowed Times-Mirror to retain the newspaper and the television outlet, which was renamedKDFW-TV.

Times-Mirror Broadcasting later acquiredKTBC-TVinAustin, Texasin 1973;[145]and in 1980 purchased a group of stations owned byNewhouse Newspapers:WAPI-TV (nowWVTM-TV) inBirmingham, Alabama;KTVIinSt. Louis;WSYR-TV (nowWSTM-TV) inSyracuse, New Yorkand its satellite station WSYE-TV (nowWETM-TV) inElmira, New York;and WTPA-TV (nowWHTM-TV) inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania.[146]The company also entered the field of cable television, servicing thePhoenixandSan Diegoareas, amongst others. They were originally titledTimes-Mirror Cable,and were later renamed toDimension Cable Television.Similarly, they also attempted to enter the pay-TV market, with theSpotlightmovie network; it was not successful and was quickly shut down. The cable systems were sold in the mid-1990s toCox Communications.

Times-Mirror also pared its station group down, selling off the Syracuse, Elmira and Harrisburg properties in 1986.[147]The remaining four outlets were packaged to a new upstart holding company, Argyle Television, in 1993.[148]These stations were acquired byNew World Communicationsshortly thereafter and became key components ina sweeping shift of network-station affiliations which occurred between 1994 and 1995.

Stations

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City of license/market Station Channel
TV/ (RF) 		Years owned Current ownership status
Birmingham WVTM-TV 13 (13) 1980–1993 NBCaffiliate owned byHearst Television
Los Angeles KTTV1 11 (11) 1949–1963 Foxowned-and-operated(O&O)
St. Louis KTVI 2 (43) 1980–1993 Foxaffiliate owned byNexstar Media Group
Elmira, New York WETM-TV 18 (18) 1980–1986 NBCaffiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Syracuse, New York WSTM-TV 3 (24) 1980–1986 NBCaffiliate owned bySinclair Broadcast Group
Harrisburg-Lancaster-
Lebanon-York 		WHTM-TV 27 (10) 1980–1986 ABCaffiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Austin, Texas KTBC-TV 7 (7) 1973–1993 Foxowned-and-operated(O&O)
Dallas-Fort Worth KDFW-TV2 4 (35) 1970–1993 Foxowned-and-operated(O&O)

Notes:

  • 1Co-owned withCBSuntil 1951 in ajoint venture(51% owned by Times-Mirror, 49% owned by CBS);
  • 2Purchased along withKRLD-AM-FMas part of Times-Mirror's acquisition of theDallas Times Herald.Times-Mirror sold the radio stations to comply with FCC cross-ownership restrictions.

Employees

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Unionization

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On January 19, 2018, employees of the news department voted 248–44 in a National Labor Relations Board election to be represented by the NewsGuild-CWA.[149]The vote came despite aggressive opposition from the paper's management team, reversing more than a century of anti-union sentiment at one of the largest newspapers in the country.[150]

Writers and editors

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Cartoonists

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Photographers

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