Take Back the Times: Most Important, Is Tribune Co. Investing Money?

I hear from friends that James O'Shea, the L.A. Times editor, is talking about making another move back to the good old days at the Times, by putting California news again on Page 3 of Part 1.

In a way, I'm pleased about this. During most of the years I was at the Times, it was best to work for the paper in Los Angeles, because there were three places where a good story you wrote could be showcased: Page 1 and Page 3 in the first section and Page 1 in the Metro section. When the editors cared enough about a big national or international story, they frequently sent Los Angeles-based reporters to do it, and this was good, because if they cared enough to spend the money, you felt you were going to get good space. But good space for national and international stories was only on Page 1.

Consistent with any such move as O'Shea is apparently talking about, would be the idea that most good California news would go on either Page 1 or Page 3 of the first section, most metro news on either Page 1 of the first section or in Metro (because it would probably be necessary to go back to calling it the Metro section).

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Most Important, Is Tribune Co. Investing Money?