LESS IS MORE: THE NEW LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY FRONT PAGE
This is a real improvement.
A New Design in Los Angeles
A redesigned front page and A-section of the Los Angeles Times dropped today, with some bold new typography, more breakouts and some other changes. News Design Director Michael Whitley graciously favored me with some details.
Harsh blow to the L.A. Times ego
Kurt Andersen is a New Yorker, but as the onetime editor-in-chief of a couple of decent magazines (Spy, New York), columnist at others (The New Yorker, Time) and co-founder of the now-defunct Inside.com he has the media chops to analyze the Los Angeles Times.
Officer, I've Been Robbed!
Somebody took my copy of the Los Angeles Times and replaced it with this ugly looking, dumbed down, vapid, piece of...
Tribune Company on the block
So far, three contenders have emerged: one group consisting of Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, and Apollo Management; a second group consisting of Thomas H. Lee Partners and Texas Pacific Group; and Carlyle Group. It is unclear whether the latter will bid alone or join a consortium of buyers.
Tribune Co. to sell off before year's end.
The Wall Street Journal reports:Private-equity firms team up to prepare bids to buy Tribune Company"Tribune Co. has asked bidders to submit nonbinding indications of interest in the company by the end of the month
Tribune Investor Could Be Pivotal
John W. Rogers Jr., the founder, chairman and chief investment officer of mutual fund company Ariel Capital Management, is an avowed admirer of investing superstar Warren E. Buffett, who once described his average holding period for a stock as "forever."
Hastening the end of traditional media ownership
The Tribune Company is putting itself up for auction... auction! Like it's a Xanadu mansion repossessed from a bankrupt business baron.
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