Take Back the Times: Disquieting Comments By Hiller To "Old Farts"

By Ken Reich

I should say at the outset that David Hiller, the publisher of the L.A. Times, made a sincere and informative presentation yesterday to the Old Farts, the L.A. Times retired employees association, took many questions and was kind enough to invite everybody to the Times for one of the future meetings of the group.

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Hiller does apparently recognize what he calls "the demographics" of the Los Angeles area. These population shifts are cutting into the Times' circulation base, since the Anglo proportion of the population, especially in Los Angeles County, is decreasing, and, according to Hiller's admission, the Times has not been faring well with Latino readers.

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Disquieting Comments By Hiller To "Old Farts"