Los Angeles Times–Washington Post News Service Announcement

From: Hartenstein, Eddy
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:18 PM
To: zzTrbAllHandsLAT; zzMediaGroups
Subject: Los Angeles Times–Washington Post News Service Announcement

After a long and storied 47-year relationship with the Washington Post, our companies have agreed to discontinue the Los Angeles Times–Washington Post News Service (LATWP), effective January 1, 2010.

LATWAP was founded in 1962 by Philip Graham of the Washington Post and The Times’ Otis Chandler to distribute a selection of the best coverage from the two newsrooms to other newspapers and customers in the U.S. and around the world.

Immediately following the dissolution, The Times will join McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), a joint venture of the McClatchy and Tribune Companies, as a premier content provider of multimedia world and national news, entertainment, sports, tech and features coverage and in-depth analysis.

Organizationally, MCT will maintain a team of editors at The Times to source and package our content. This team, headed by Denise Bennett, will report to Jane Scholz, editor, MCT. MCT will lead all sales and marketing efforts.

We are proud of the work that Denise and her team have contributed to LATWP and wish them the best through this transition.

eddy

SOURCE: Kevin Roderick