Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles City Hall

Media = content + people - Jeff Jarvis

Studs Terkel Awards ‘celebrate good journalism’ - Robert Feder

The Fix’s 2015 list of best state political reporters - The Washington Post

First female Editor in Chief of The Economist appointed - Editors Weblog

Jim Moroney’s digital-reaching Dallas Morning News - Capital New York

Who Wants to Buy OC Weekly? 'Cause We're For Sale! - Gustavo Arellano

Equity Firms May Soon Purchase Big Bay Area Newspapers - NBC Bay Area

4 reasons the New York Times Company won’t be sold anytime soon - Poynter

Why media companies get away with paying journalists so little - Simon Owens

Chattanooga Times announces bonuses and layoffs on the same day - Romenesko

Wednesday Night in the Blogosphere

John Martin, Ed Zuniga, and Victor Flores

How to be an effective editor - Editors Weblog

Louisville Courier-Journal lays off top editors - Romenesko

Internet not responsible for dying newspapers - Science Daily

Dean Baquet Tweeted His First Tweet Today - New York Observer

Why the Orange County Register’s bold experiment hit the skids - CJR

Lenfest, 84, becomes sole owner of Philly newspapers - STLtoday.com

Aaron Kushner's Latest Cuts Raise Doubts About His OC Venture - Huff Post

How the Tribune Company Split Compares to Time Warner’s - Chicago Magazine

Former LATer Andrés Martinez joins Zócalo as full time Editorial Director - Zocalo

OC Register Insiders on Layoffs: "It's Going to be a Fucking Bloodbath" - OC Weekly

Friday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

‘Robot’ to write 1 billion stories in 2014 - Poynter

Living to write another day in Liberia - Editors Weblog

Fox 32 barely admits pay-for-play news - Robert Feder

THE STAGES OF NEWSPAPERS’ DECLINE - Stratechery

Publishers, Stop Crying Over Spilled Ink - Editor and Publisher

TV broadcaster Media General buys LIN Media for $1.6B - USA Today

Newspapers dying? Not so says former USA Today editor - Florida Today

Al Jazeera America C.E.O.: ‘We’re here for the long haul’ - Capital New York

7 Stunning Things You Didn’t Know About Warren Buffett’s Empire - Motley Fool

Ex-Tribune Journalist tries to come to peace with being ‘put out to pasture’ - Romenesko

Thursday Night in the Blogosphere

My granddaughter captured this as we headed to San Dimas at 8:30 am today, 

we're on the North 57 Freeway at Temple Avenue

Five Publishing Predictions for 2014 - Editor and Publisher

AOL to Partner with Hale Global on Patch - Market Watch

Rep. Waxman still worried about L.A. Times after meeting - Politico

Diane Pucin on being fired from Los Angeles Times - Sherman Report

Any there any happy newspaper journalists out there? - The Media Online

Layoffs come at OC Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise - Los Angeles Times

Kushner announces new team at Register, explains 'restructuring' - Kevin Roderick

Orange County Register names new newsroom leaders, confirms 32 layoffs - Romenesko

Washington Post Named Most Popular U.S. Newspaper Website On Twitter - Huff Post

700 Apartments Planned for Former L.A. Times Site in Chatsworth - Chatsworth N. Council

Ten more employees let go at the Los Angeles Times

 Raul Campos

 Keith Denson

John Miner

The Los Angeles Times decreased the employee population by another ten just before the new year was reached, which lightens the load as the newspaper prepares to become independent of the mother company. 

Here's something everyone might find interesting: I'm told that the two companies have been nicknamed SpinCo and RemainCo. The unofficial deadline for separating the two companies? June 14.

The following men have left the Los Angeles Times Press Room:

David Joe

Kraig Minters

Bill Jahr

John Miner

Ricky Russel

Roger Morresette

Keith Denson

Charlie Laird

Ignacio Rios

Raul Campos

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

More needed rain on the way to the San Gabriel Valley

Newspaper carrier finds bomb in teddy bear - Poynter

Digital killing the Tribune Co. dinosaur - Catholic Online

50 years ago today, from The Union newsroom - The Union

Traditional media turns to Instagram to report news - Editors Weblog

Journalists Recall JFK Assassination 50 Years Later - Newspaper Alum

Newspaper Sues City over San Juan Capistrano News Rack Ban - Patch

Greed is at the core of all decisions at the Tribune Company - Kent Sterling

Los Angeles Times coverage of Pres. Kennedy assassination - Los Angeles Times

Paperboy recalls what it was like the day of Kennedy's assassination - Lehigh Valley

Does news have to be dumbed down to be profit making in the digital age? - The Drum

Friday Night in the Blogosphere

Los Angeles Times Press Crew about 1985

People pay for entertainment, not news - Paid Content

Tribune aims to cut publishing costs by 5 percent - Crain's

New med plan is 'a pay cut, plain and simple' - Gannett Blog

Tribune blasts report about newspaper budget cuts - Romenesko

Tribune likely to cut newspaper staff: report - Chicago Sun-Times

Fourteen Condé Nast Traveler employees were laid off yesterday - Capital NY

New sites show how digital media is helping drive innovation - Editors Weblog

Sun and the Sunday Mirror suffer sales drops after cover price hikes - Guardian

Hal Varian: the economics of the newspaper business - International Journalism

GateHouse Media Inc. files prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy - Patriot Ledger

Thursday Night in the Blogosphere

Tribune boss orders $100 million in cuts - Robert Feder

USA Today president: ‘No plan exists’ for paywall - Poynter

The world's oldest newspaper goes digital only - Courier Mail

New Insights On Newspapers' Mobile Audience - Net News Check

Jeff Bezos is both right and wrong about newspapers - Paid Content

August was a wild month in the world of newspapers - Toni McQuilken

Newspaper Carrier Finishes Route in Floodwaters - Editor and Publisher

Tweet This - Why paywalls are failing the news industry - Catholic Online

Free Kindles for Washington Post subscribers coming soon? - Romenesko

The Star-Ledger reaches deal with 4 unions, avoids shutdown - Star-Ledger

Chicago Tribune cuts 15 employees

Jim Romenesko is seeking information from Tribune Company employees regarding the layoffs at the Chicago Tribune, his message below.

Lynne Marek at Crain’s reports the dismissed employees include reporters, editors and managers. Several staffers left the newsroom last month after accepting the paper’s buyout. || I’d appreciate any memos/information (names and positions) from Tribune people. (You won’t be named, of course.) Send emails to Jim@JimRomenesko.com.

Wednesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

Nathan and Cookie are but two of the thousands living on the streets of Los Angeles.

• Homeless in Los Angeles - LA Progressive
• Dear Patch: I am not your enemy - Romenesko
• Media notes and a lady in gold - Kevin Roderick
• Buyouts offered to 665 USCP workers - Gannett Blog
• 2012 layoffs and buyouts at U.S. newspapers - Paper Cuts
• Washington Post offers buyouts for 5th time in recent years - Poynter
• San Francisco Government Wants You On Welfare - Advice Goddess
• Getting the Living Wage Message to the LA Times - Frying Pan News
• News Publishers Missing Tablet Opportunity - Newspaper Death Watch
• California’s Struggling Spanish-Language Weeklies - Matthew Fleischer

Eight more Employees let go at the Los Angeles Times

Linda Olmeda and Arnold Williams, both now former employees of the newspaper

The grim reaper paid the Los Angeles Times Operations Departments a visit late last night as eight additional employees were let go. Not even two weeks into the New Year and layoffs commenced once again should be a rather interesting year at the newspaper.

Pressroom:
Pressroom supervisor Dennis Feinauer

Packaging and Distribution:
Arnold Williams
Mike Dacus
Glenn Nelson
Mike Oshan

Newsprint Handling:
Paul Gonzalez
Rubio
Unknown name


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13 Pressmen Laid Off at the Los Angeles Times

Last Friday the pressmen all brought in food to wish their colleagues farewell as thirteen men were laid off from the newspaper. How to say goodbye after working together over twenty-five years together isn’t an easy task. We wish the thirteen men the best in their lives after the Los Angeles Times.

The following were let go on New Years Eve

Frank Lind
Al Calderon
Victor Banuelos
Marcus Lewis
Kent Osborne
Terry Allen
David Allmon
Jeff Forbes
Danny Koval
Kyle Wegener
Baltazar Reyes
Geoff Hemenway
Emmett Jaime

Los Angeles Times Christmas Purge

Victor Banuelos with Sam Zell

The Los Angeles Times Christmas purge is ongoing, as several pressmen have been notified today that their services are no longer needed for tonight’s shift. A total of thirteen pressmen will be laid off by December 31st, 2011, or sooner as the advertising in the newspaper has lightened with Christmas just two days away. I wish my former colleagues the best.

Geoff Hemenway

Victor worked for the newspaper for over 25 years, and Geoff 24 years

Downsizing at the Los Angeles Times

Chatter from the Los Angeles Times Orange County Production Facility claims the Advertising Department may have had a visit from the grim reaper this afternoon. The caller stated they would call back with the body count if this were indeed true.

Last night the Times Olympic Facility had a rash of sick calls, either many were ill, or they don’t believe management will pay them for their unused sick days when they are dismissed? But just incase this trend continues, many of us have been requested to standby our phones for overtime shifts tonight, Friday night, and Saturday night.

This morning at 10:45 a.m. human resources paid a visit to the Olympic Plant, not certain if anyone was axed at this moment?

Kevin Roderick states that some employees in the Editorial Department are being offered buyouts, instead of layoffs.

New Layoffs in Philly Prompt Guild Advisories

We all know layoffs are coming to the editorial department at the Los Angeles Times, not certain when this will occur or how many writers will be leaving the newspaper yet. Prior to the new year a handful of Times writers left for new positions across the country.

Here's what's happening at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Two weeks after Newspaper Guild members at Philadelphia's two newspapers avoided a strike and signed onto a new agreement, many staffers are bracing for layoffs, with some reportedly arriving already today. Rumors of job cuts have been swirling at the newsrooms of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News since last week, according to some guild leaders.

The Associated Press reports this afternoon that the Inquirer began a round of layoffs today. Several reporters at the Inquirer said they were told Tuesday morning that their jobs were being eliminated, according to AP. The employees said that they were told to meet with personnel officials on Wednesday to discuss details of their severance pay and health benefits.

"The specific number of layoffs is still unclear because some Inquirer employees have already taken other jobs since word of the impending layoffs was announced in November," the AP reports.

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