Los Angeles Times Pressmens 20 Year Club
Monday, May 19, 2008
A Monday Chuckle
Top Ten Country Classics!
10. I Hate Every Bone In Her Body But Mine
9. I Ain't Never Gone To Bed With an Ugly Woman But I Woke Up With a Few
8. If The Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know It's Me
7. I've Missed You, But My Aim's Improvin
6. Wouldn't Take Her To A Dogfight 'Cause I'm Scared She'd Win
5. I'm So Miserable Without You It's Like You're Still Here
4. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend And I Miss Him
3. She Took My Ring and Gave Me the Finger
2. She's Lookin' Better with Every Beer
And the Number One Country & Western song is...
1. It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chewed My Ass All Day
10. I Hate Every Bone In Her Body But Mine
9. I Ain't Never Gone To Bed With an Ugly Woman But I Woke Up With a Few
8. If The Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know It's Me
7. I've Missed You, But My Aim's Improvin
6. Wouldn't Take Her To A Dogfight 'Cause I'm Scared She'd Win
5. I'm So Miserable Without You It's Like You're Still Here
4. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend And I Miss Him
3. She Took My Ring and Gave Me the Finger
2. She's Lookin' Better with Every Beer
And the Number One Country & Western song is...
1. It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chewed My Ass All Day
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Los Angeles Times Press Release
Los Angeles Times Brings Readers onto the “Hollywood Backlot”
Debut of Award-Winning Photographer David Strick’s
Exclusive Gallery of On-set Portraits
LOS ANGELES – May 15, 2008 – The Los Angeles Times (http://latimes.com) is set to unveil “Hollywood Backlot” (http://latimes.com/hollywoodbacklot) on Thursday, May 15th, with exclusive, on-set photography from veteran Hollywood lensman, David Strick. Strick has enjoyed unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access for over thirty years and his photos offer a rare glimpse of luminaries and bit-players in candid and sometimes outrageous settings, appealing to both casual moviegoers and filmmaking intimates alike.
“David Strick’s Hollywood Backlot” is the debut feature of what promises to become The Times new “Hollywood Backlot” franchise and the celebration of the visual medium will cover a wide range of films, television, music videos and commercials. New shots from Strick’s current set visits will be featured online each week, alongside his full photo gallery and keyword searchable archive of 500+ images and a layout featuring the best of that weeks’ gallery will also appear each Thursday in Calendar.
“When the men in ape suits need to break to make cell phone calls or stars spend a day dangling from a tree by invisible cables, Hollywood Backlot will be on the scene,” said The Times online entertainment editor, Richard Rushfield. “David Strick will be a fly on the wall wherever Hollywood is at work and will bring our readers that experience.”
Strick’s family has worked in Hollywood for three generations and includes both Oscar winners and blacklistees. For eleven and a half years, he produced a monthly photo column for Premiere Magazine called "David Strick's Hollywood" and prior to that a book entitled "Our Hollywood." David’s editorial work has also appeared in Time, Life, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Fortune, Sports Illustrated and The New York Times Magazine. His photographs have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Cincinnati Art Museum among others, and he was featured at the "Visa pour l'image" photo festival and Bibliothèque Nationale collection in France.
“The Los Angeles Times and the entertainment business have in a sense grown up together and I’m excited my photos will now be part of this new view inside Hollywood,” said David Strick.
“Hollywood Backlot” is designed for everyone interested in the industry’s magic and is the latest addition to latimes.com’s Entertainment News section (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/).
Debut of Award-Winning Photographer David Strick’s
Exclusive Gallery of On-set Portraits
LOS ANGELES – May 15, 2008 – The Los Angeles Times (http://latimes.com) is set to unveil “Hollywood Backlot” (http://latimes.com/hollywoodbacklot) on Thursday, May 15th, with exclusive, on-set photography from veteran Hollywood lensman, David Strick. Strick has enjoyed unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access for over thirty years and his photos offer a rare glimpse of luminaries and bit-players in candid and sometimes outrageous settings, appealing to both casual moviegoers and filmmaking intimates alike.
“David Strick’s Hollywood Backlot” is the debut feature of what promises to become The Times new “Hollywood Backlot” franchise and the celebration of the visual medium will cover a wide range of films, television, music videos and commercials. New shots from Strick’s current set visits will be featured online each week, alongside his full photo gallery and keyword searchable archive of 500+ images and a layout featuring the best of that weeks’ gallery will also appear each Thursday in Calendar.
“When the men in ape suits need to break to make cell phone calls or stars spend a day dangling from a tree by invisible cables, Hollywood Backlot will be on the scene,” said The Times online entertainment editor, Richard Rushfield. “David Strick will be a fly on the wall wherever Hollywood is at work and will bring our readers that experience.”
Strick’s family has worked in Hollywood for three generations and includes both Oscar winners and blacklistees. For eleven and a half years, he produced a monthly photo column for Premiere Magazine called "David Strick's Hollywood" and prior to that a book entitled "Our Hollywood." David’s editorial work has also appeared in Time, Life, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Fortune, Sports Illustrated and The New York Times Magazine. His photographs have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Cincinnati Art Museum among others, and he was featured at the "Visa pour l'image" photo festival and Bibliothèque Nationale collection in France.
“The Los Angeles Times and the entertainment business have in a sense grown up together and I’m excited my photos will now be part of this new view inside Hollywood,” said David Strick.
“Hollywood Backlot” is designed for everyone interested in the industry’s magic and is the latest addition to latimes.com’s Entertainment News section (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/).
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
San Francisco Peninsula Press Club: More about the East Bay union vote
Two follow-ups to yesterday's item about the National Labor Relations Board's decision to schedule a union vote at the Contra Costa Times and ANG newspapers on Friday, June 13.
First, the union claims management at the newspapers has met with an "anti-union consultant." "It’s our understanding that the company’s approach will be to portray the union as historically ineffective and unable to provide employees the kind of benefits they could reap without a union," said an item on the Guild's "One Big Bang" Web site.
Second, Contra Costa Times business writer George Avalos, who opposes unionization, has answered the questions that readers of the Press Club Web site have posted below a May 2 item on the union campaign. Avalos posted his responses in the "comments" portion of that May 2 item, but since that's now back in the archives, we've pasted it below. (And of course if the Guild people want to respond, we will post that too.)
To read the entire question and answer click on the link below.
San Francisco Peninsula Press Club: More about the East Bay union vote
Two follow-ups to yesterday's item about the National Labor Relations Board's decision to schedule a union vote at the Contra Costa Times and ANG newspapers on Friday, June 13.
First, the union claims management at the newspapers has met with an "anti-union consultant." "It’s our understanding that the company’s approach will be to portray the union as historically ineffective and unable to provide employees the kind of benefits they could reap without a union," said an item on the Guild's "One Big Bang" Web site.
Second, Contra Costa Times business writer George Avalos, who opposes unionization, has answered the questions that readers of the Press Club Web site have posted below a May 2 item on the union campaign. Avalos posted his responses in the "comments" portion of that May 2 item, but since that's now back in the archives, we've pasted it below. (And of course if the Guild people want to respond, we will post that too.)
Anon: George, no question the Guild is totally screwed up.
George: I completely agree
Anon: The fact that your fellow employees would feel it is necessary to join such a messed up organization should tell you how desperate they are! They feel that they have no choice.
George: There is a choice. People can choose to remain union free.
To read the entire question and answer click on the link below.
San Francisco Peninsula Press Club: More about the East Bay union vote
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Friday, May 16, 2008
New Dept. in Editorial - Russ Stanton Memo
Colleagues:
We continue the steady march toward aligning our print and Web news operations, this month physically merging the Continuous News Desk, the AM Copy Desk and making space for Web editors at the main news desk in Metro, and arranging for print editors to rotate through the online newsroom.
Today, we are also creating a fully integrated department in editorial that will serve our site and our newspaper, combining our print photo, Web photo and video operations into one new department: Visual Journalism.
It will be headed by Colin Crawford, assistant managing editor for photography, whom I am promoting to deputy managing editor to reflect his new and expanded duties. Colin will be responsible for our multimedia, video and online photojournalism, as well as continue to supervise our award-winning photography staff.
Joining Colin in this new department is Multimedia Director Barbara Morrow and her team of shooters and editors, and Jerome Adamstein, senior online photo editor. Barbara and her crew will remain in their space on the second floor until we do the third-floor remodel (likely next year) and Jerome will remain in his tastefully appointed office on the fifth floor.
Colin was one of the first editors at the paper to embrace the promise of the Web. Last year, without prompting, he converted 10% of his staff to shooting exclusively video, producing, among other things, engaging segments for Dan Neil's Rumble Seat and Sue Carpenter's Throttle Jockey columns. Today, three photo staffers and five editors work full time to produce photos, photo galleries and videos for the Web, and almost all others in the department have been cross-trained and contribute to both mediums.
Combining these three departments under the umbrella of visual journalism will improve our ability to present multimedia storytelling in an even more engaging way, and take greater advantage of our outstanding photo staff. Under Colin’s leadership, the department has been awarded two Pulitzer Prizes in Feature Photography, in 2003 and 2004, and was part of the Public Service Award in 2005 and Explanatory Reporting in 2007. This year the staff was a Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of the California firestorms, marking the 10th time since 2003 the department has been a Pulitzer finalist.
Colin joined The Times in 1983 as a photographer in the Orange County Edition, where he became an assignment editor, deputy director of photography, then director of photography. He took the helm of the Los Angeles photo operation in 2001, and in 2004 was appointed assistant managing editor. That same year, Colin won the Jim Gordon Editor of the Year Award from the National Press Photographer's Assn.
Colin holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA.
He will report jointly to Executive Editor John Arthur and Meredith Artley, editor of latimes.com, working with them to prioritize needs for visual journalism in print and online.
Russ Stanton
Editor
Los Angeles Times
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
Colleagues:
We continue the steady march toward aligning our print and Web news operations, this month physically merging the Continuous News Desk, the AM Copy Desk and making space for Web editors at the main news desk in Metro, and arranging for print editors to rotate through the online newsroom.
Today, we are also creating a fully integrated department in editorial that will serve our site and our newspaper, combining our print photo, Web photo and video operations into one new department: Visual Journalism.
It will be headed by Colin Crawford, assistant managing editor for photography, whom I am promoting to deputy managing editor to reflect his new and expanded duties. Colin will be responsible for our multimedia, video and online photojournalism, as well as continue to supervise our award-winning photography staff.
Joining Colin in this new department is Multimedia Director Barbara Morrow and her team of shooters and editors, and Jerome Adamstein, senior online photo editor. Barbara and her crew will remain in their space on the second floor until we do the third-floor remodel (likely next year) and Jerome will remain in his tastefully appointed office on the fifth floor.
Colin was one of the first editors at the paper to embrace the promise of the Web. Last year, without prompting, he converted 10% of his staff to shooting exclusively video, producing, among other things, engaging segments for Dan Neil's Rumble Seat and Sue Carpenter's Throttle Jockey columns. Today, three photo staffers and five editors work full time to produce photos, photo galleries and videos for the Web, and almost all others in the department have been cross-trained and contribute to both mediums.
Combining these three departments under the umbrella of visual journalism will improve our ability to present multimedia storytelling in an even more engaging way, and take greater advantage of our outstanding photo staff. Under Colin’s leadership, the department has been awarded two Pulitzer Prizes in Feature Photography, in 2003 and 2004, and was part of the Public Service Award in 2005 and Explanatory Reporting in 2007. This year the staff was a Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of the California firestorms, marking the 10th time since 2003 the department has been a Pulitzer finalist.
Colin joined The Times in 1983 as a photographer in the Orange County Edition, where he became an assignment editor, deputy director of photography, then director of photography. He took the helm of the Los Angeles photo operation in 2001, and in 2004 was appointed assistant managing editor. That same year, Colin won the Jim Gordon Editor of the Year Award from the National Press Photographer's Assn.
Colin holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA.
He will report jointly to Executive Editor John Arthur and Meredith Artley, editor of latimes.com, working with them to prioritize needs for visual journalism in print and online.
Russ Stanton
Editor
Los Angeles Times
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
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Friday Afternoon Links
Amalia Martinez with Eddie
- What Gay Couples Want - Advice Goddess
- LAT Launches Hollywood Backlot - Mayrav Saar
- More Than 100 Opt in for 'Washington Post' Buyout - E&P
- Potential Hartford Courant buyer's interest cools - Reuters
- McCormick Foundation Drops 'Tribune' From Its Name - E&P
- Jim Newton: My Paperweight Is Just a Paperweight - Patterico
- Newspapers Need to Start Twittering - Newspaper Death Watch
- Senate Votes to Block FCC's Cross-Ownership Rule Change - B&C
- Oh, how things have changed in the newspaper business - Reporter-G
- Graphic Communications Conference Contract to be Honored - Newsday
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Innovation at the Los Angeles Times
Seeking methods of alternative income, someone at Times Mirror Square has come up with the brilliant idea of selling executive parking, as an innovative way of generating and increasing the newspapers cash flow.
Be the first in your department to register for the exclusive parking, which will only cost you $35.00 per month, yet think of what your colleagues will say about you as you stroll from the executive parking garage into the Times building everyday.
I am told you must meet a certain criteria before being admitted to this exclusive parking club, contact Clete Paige for further information.
Seeking methods of alternative income, someone at Times Mirror Square has come up with the brilliant idea of selling executive parking, as an innovative way of generating and increasing the newspapers cash flow.
Be the first in your department to register for the exclusive parking, which will only cost you $35.00 per month, yet think of what your colleagues will say about you as you stroll from the executive parking garage into the Times building everyday.
I am told you must meet a certain criteria before being admitted to this exclusive parking club, contact Clete Paige for further information.
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San Francisco Peninsula Press Club: Union vote set for Friday, June 13th
Unafraid of triskaidekaphobia, the National Labor Relations Board has scheduled an election on Friday, June 13th, on the Guild's petition to become the exclusive bargaining agent for nonsupervisory news employees of Bay Area News Group-East Bay (Contra Costa Times, ANG papers). That's according to an e-mail from President and Publisher John Armstrong which was confirmed by union leader Sara Steffens. The election will be by secret ballot. Those eligible to cast a ballot: All full-time and regular part-time nonsupervisory news division employees at BANG's Alameda, Antioch, Hayward, Fremont, Tracy, Pleasanton, Oakland, Richmond, San Mateo and Walnut Creek locations. [May 2: Majority sign union cards at CC Times]
Union vote set for Friday, June 13th
Unafraid of triskaidekaphobia, the National Labor Relations Board has scheduled an election on Friday, June 13th, on the Guild's petition to become the exclusive bargaining agent for nonsupervisory news employees of Bay Area News Group-East Bay (Contra Costa Times, ANG papers). That's according to an e-mail from President and Publisher John Armstrong which was confirmed by union leader Sara Steffens. The election will be by secret ballot. Those eligible to cast a ballot: All full-time and regular part-time nonsupervisory news division employees at BANG's Alameda, Antioch, Hayward, Fremont, Tracy, Pleasanton, Oakland, Richmond, San Mateo and Walnut Creek locations. [May 2: Majority sign union cards at CC Times]
Union vote set for Friday, June 13th
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Thursday Afternoon News
- California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban - Los Angeles Times
- DeathWatchopedia: “Strategic Alternatives” - Newspaper Death Watch
- De Lama steps down as Chicago Tribune ME - Chicago Tribune
- CBS to Pay $1.8 Billion for CNET Networks - New York Times
- 100,000-circ hip-hop title (Mass Appeal) calls it quits - Folio
- LAT Launches Hollywood Backlot - Mayrav Saar
- Rumors swirl over Post buyout deal - Politico
- A Column's 45 Years - Robert D. Novak
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Save Our Trade: Postcard from The Negotiation Table
By Ronnie Pineda
To be transported to to entire article, click on the link below or on the title.
Postcard from The Negotiation Table
By Ronnie Pineda
We all knew that the negotiations were going to be especially difficult during the economic downturn that newspapers are facing these days, but the reality is, we are also facing the same economic challenges.[SNIP]
These past two days of negotiations have revealed to the negotiation committee as well as our Representatives that, the Company, by their actions, have no intention of negotiating a "FAIR" collective bargaining agreement with the pressmen and presswomen who print the Los Angeles Times.
To be transported to to entire article, click on the link below or on the title.
Postcard from The Negotiation Table
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New Tribune Pay Card Option
Please Note: The following information is specifically targeted at those who receive physical payroll checks and hard copy pay stubs. However, everyone is welcome to participate in the new Tribune Pay Card program.
As of our May 23, 2008 payday, employees who receive hard copy payroll checks at work will now receive them at their homes instead. Printed checks will be mailed from Chicago on the Wednesday prior to payday, and should arrive at your homes by Friday. This also applies to those who have printed pay stubs sent to them in lieu of printing payroll information from ePay.
Employees are welcome, at any time, to enroll in direct deposit. However, we know that there are many people who do not have a bank account. As an alternative to hard copy checks or direct deposit, we are pleased to offer you a third option—the Tribune Pay Card. This new Visa debit card will be loaded with your pay each payday and can be used to pay bills and access cash. This new electronic option will also help protect against the possible loss, theft, or fraud that is intrinsic with paper checks.
If you think the Tribune Pay Card might be right for you, please click on this link to learn more about the program: http://webmanage.latimes.trb/timeslink/Tribune%20Pay%20Card%20Program/Forms/AllItems.htm . If you’d like to enroll, please fill out the election form and submit it to the payroll department.
If you have questions, please call x74920 or email latpayroll@latimes.com (for those at CCN, please contact your supervisor directly).
Please Note: The following information is specifically targeted at those who receive physical payroll checks and hard copy pay stubs. However, everyone is welcome to participate in the new Tribune Pay Card program.
As of our May 23, 2008 payday, employees who receive hard copy payroll checks at work will now receive them at their homes instead. Printed checks will be mailed from Chicago on the Wednesday prior to payday, and should arrive at your homes by Friday. This also applies to those who have printed pay stubs sent to them in lieu of printing payroll information from ePay.
Employees are welcome, at any time, to enroll in direct deposit. However, we know that there are many people who do not have a bank account. As an alternative to hard copy checks or direct deposit, we are pleased to offer you a third option—the Tribune Pay Card. This new Visa debit card will be loaded with your pay each payday and can be used to pay bills and access cash. This new electronic option will also help protect against the possible loss, theft, or fraud that is intrinsic with paper checks.
If you think the Tribune Pay Card might be right for you, please click on this link to learn more about the program: http://webmanage.latimes.trb/timeslink/Tribune%20Pay%20Card%20Program/Forms/AllItems.htm . If you’d like to enroll, please fill out the election form and submit it to the payroll department.
If you have questions, please call x74920 or email latpayroll@latimes.com (for those at CCN, please contact your supervisor directly).
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Wednesday Afternoon Linkage
- Matt Welch at Free Downtown Event Tonite - David Markland
- People Now in Charge are Lesser News People - Tell Zell
- Clear Channel Accepts Smaller Takeover Bid - NY Times
- Top Print Publisher Finds Better Life Online - Paul Gillin
- 2007 Los Angeles Times Editorial Awards - LA Times
- Sam Zell and the art of his deals - Chicago Sports
- Meeting the new owner of Newsday - Mark Lacter
- Web users back code for bloggers - Guardian
- Kareem's blog goes indie - Kevin Roderick
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Russ Newton SVP Production LA Times
Every month Newspapers and Technology publishes a short question and answer with managers from newspapers throughout the industry, so I was pleased when I ran across our very own senior vice president of production at the Los Angeles Times, Russ Newton.
Every month Newspapers and Technology publishes a short question and answer with managers from newspapers throughout the industry, so I was pleased when I ran across our very own senior vice president of production at the Los Angeles Times, Russ Newton.
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Computer To Plate at Times Olympic Facility
Here’s a short video from the Los Angeles Times Olympic Facility Plate Making Department, displaying how we currently produce our printing plates transmitted from Times Mirror Square to our three satellite production plants. Each plate burning machine at Olympic can produce 140 plates per hour.
On June 9th, 2008 the Los Angeles Times Olympic Plant will begin beta-testing the revolutionary Kodak high-speed thermal platesetter, the Generation News. This new machine can produce 300 plates per hour, compared with 240 PPH produced by most newspapers employing CTP systems today. Several steps of producing printing plates have been consolidated into this computer to plate system, which I’m told will not cause any staff reductions.
Here’s a short video from the Los Angeles Times Olympic Facility Plate Making Department, displaying how we currently produce our printing plates transmitted from Times Mirror Square to our three satellite production plants. Each plate burning machine at Olympic can produce 140 plates per hour.
On June 9th, 2008 the Los Angeles Times Olympic Plant will begin beta-testing the revolutionary Kodak high-speed thermal platesetter, the Generation News. This new machine can produce 300 plates per hour, compared with 240 PPH produced by most newspapers employing CTP systems today. Several steps of producing printing plates have been consolidated into this computer to plate system, which I’m told will not cause any staff reductions.
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Mayhem at the Times Orange County Facility
The action never stops at the Los Angeles Times, the night side production employees at our Costa Mesa Production Facility will attest to this by the fistfight they witnessed between two men Friday morning.
One version of the story claims a pimp and his hooker were chasing a john in their car, and the car race ended at the Los Angeles Times Orange County Plant’s South gate, which is not manned by anything other than a security camera.
As the men proceeded to fistfight, the one man losing the fight retreated to what he thought would be the safety of the Times parking lot, but was soon caught by the other man who commenced to beat the other man over a disagreement with the hooker.
A pressroom shift supervisor attempted to intervene, and was punched and knocked to the ground for his efforts, which prompted two additional employees to jump into the fray and subdue the men, till the Costa Mesa Police arrived and placed the two men and the women into custody.
An anonymous Times Orange County Employee sent this over:
pretty wild action at oc plant friday morning 3 am 5/9/08
- car pulls up to south coast gate at oc
- mexican guy runs into plant parking lot
- black guy chases mexican guy
- hot asian girl with long legs in short dress chases black guy
- black guy catches mexican guy near waste compactors
- crowd of drivers and production people security gather
- pressroom shifty tries to break up fight
- pressroom shifty takes blow to head and goes down
- big strong mailer and pressman (both black) tackle black guy and take him down HARD
- cops arrive while production guys sit on top of black guy
- all drunks handcuffed- need to figure out if security need at least pepper spray and taser they were helpless
- no names from me call your buds at oc to get them
Los Angeles Times Security may need to re-evaluate leaving the South gate open all night at the Times Orange County Facility, appears anyone can walk right onto the property.
The action never stops at the Los Angeles Times, the night side production employees at our Costa Mesa Production Facility will attest to this by the fistfight they witnessed between two men Friday morning.
One version of the story claims a pimp and his hooker were chasing a john in their car, and the car race ended at the Los Angeles Times Orange County Plant’s South gate, which is not manned by anything other than a security camera.
As the men proceeded to fistfight, the one man losing the fight retreated to what he thought would be the safety of the Times parking lot, but was soon caught by the other man who commenced to beat the other man over a disagreement with the hooker.
A pressroom shift supervisor attempted to intervene, and was punched and knocked to the ground for his efforts, which prompted two additional employees to jump into the fray and subdue the men, till the Costa Mesa Police arrived and placed the two men and the women into custody.
An anonymous Times Orange County Employee sent this over:
pretty wild action at oc plant friday morning 3 am 5/9/08
- car pulls up to south coast gate at oc
- mexican guy runs into plant parking lot
- black guy chases mexican guy
- hot asian girl with long legs in short dress chases black guy
- black guy catches mexican guy near waste compactors
- crowd of drivers and production people security gather
- pressroom shifty tries to break up fight
- pressroom shifty takes blow to head and goes down
- big strong mailer and pressman (both black) tackle black guy and take him down HARD
- cops arrive while production guys sit on top of black guy
- all drunks handcuffed- need to figure out if security need at least pepper spray and taser they were helpless
- no names from me call your buds at oc to get them
Los Angeles Times Security may need to re-evaluate leaving the South gate open all night at the Times Orange County Facility, appears anyone can walk right onto the property.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Tuesday Afternoon News
The canals at Venice Beach
- Monitor looking at changes in effort to remain vital - Boston Globe
- Los Angeles Times Proves They're Not Zell-ots - Fishbowl L.A.
- Magazine Publishes 100-Percent User-Generated Issue - Folio
- McClatchy CEO: 'We will work through this transition' - SacBee
- Newspapers to see more deals, but at lower prices - Reuters
- Hiller professed himself unbothered by critiques - AdAge
- 'Newsday' Union Leader: Glad To Leave Tribune! - E&P
- New Vision for Newsday - The Wall Street Journal
- Rupert Reneges - Newspaper Death Watch
- Weakness in online ads - Mark Lacter
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Fashion: The Paper Catwalk, & A Visit From SweetP
"A visit from SweetP Vaughn of Project Runway closed the day. Petite and every bit as nice as her name, Sweet P is enjoying many opportunities made possible by appearing on the reality TV show."
Read the rest and watch the short remix on:
Get Lost With Easy-Writer
Read the rest and watch the short remix on:
Get Lost With Easy-Writer
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Special Occasions
I had to tell somebody, so I figured I'd share my week with whomever reads this blog.
I spent some time in Vegas this week to celebrate my Sister/Cousin's birthday. She and her daughter flew in from Birmingham and cousins flew in from New York. It all started Wednesday, May 7th, which was her 52nd birthday.
My niece hasn't seen my girls in 13 years and made it a glorious reunion among themselves. In the meantime, my grandkids had never met their 3rd cousin, and did their thing together as well. My mother joined us and all was good. At 82, she had the time of her life. Not being a gambler, she just enjoyed playing pennies to her hearts content.
There were buffets, dinners, breakfasts, etc. and all enjoyed. Took the grandkids to play in the arcade for an hour and they were in kid heaven! Something I'll not do again in the near future!!!!!!
My cousins and I took in a comedy show featuring George Wallace and I'll not soon forget how my back hurt after all the laughter. He was outstanding, and extremely gracious after the show.
Saturday morning, after some well-deserved adult fun (slots/tables), we departed to the airport to see the family off and return to SoCal. Upon arrival home, I was rushed to prepare to attend the Latin Jazz Festival, which proved to be a fabulous event! Great show!!! It was my first, but by no means will be my last. The artists were AB-FAB and I was thrilled that Andy Garcia made an appearance to play with the orchestra. Even more thrilling was that I got to actually meet him!
Afterwards, we stopped for Mexican food, came home and called it a day. Then today, it was a celebration of Mother's day. Brother-in-law Fred took us to brunch at Almansor Court. It was nice. Mom loves good food and truly enjoyed the variety.
It has truly been a busy week and well worth it!
I had to tell somebody, so I figured I'd share my week with whomever reads this blog.
I spent some time in Vegas this week to celebrate my Sister/Cousin's birthday. She and her daughter flew in from Birmingham and cousins flew in from New York. It all started Wednesday, May 7th, which was her 52nd birthday.
My niece hasn't seen my girls in 13 years and made it a glorious reunion among themselves. In the meantime, my grandkids had never met their 3rd cousin, and did their thing together as well. My mother joined us and all was good. At 82, she had the time of her life. Not being a gambler, she just enjoyed playing pennies to her hearts content.
There were buffets, dinners, breakfasts, etc. and all enjoyed. Took the grandkids to play in the arcade for an hour and they were in kid heaven! Something I'll not do again in the near future!!!!!!
My cousins and I took in a comedy show featuring George Wallace and I'll not soon forget how my back hurt after all the laughter. He was outstanding, and extremely gracious after the show.
Saturday morning, after some well-deserved adult fun (slots/tables), we departed to the airport to see the family off and return to SoCal. Upon arrival home, I was rushed to prepare to attend the Latin Jazz Festival, which proved to be a fabulous event! Great show!!! It was my first, but by no means will be my last. The artists were AB-FAB and I was thrilled that Andy Garcia made an appearance to play with the orchestra. Even more thrilling was that I got to actually meet him!
Afterwards, we stopped for Mexican food, came home and called it a day. Then today, it was a celebration of Mother's day. Brother-in-law Fred took us to brunch at Almansor Court. It was nice. Mom loves good food and truly enjoyed the variety.
It has truly been a busy week and well worth it!
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Happy Mothers Day
The Mom Song Sung to William Tell Overture with Lyrics
"The Mom" song, sung to the William Tell Overture, by Anita Renfroe.What a mom says in 24 hours, condensed into 2 minutes and 55 seconds! Hilarious and talented!
The Mom Song Sung to William Tell Overture with Lyrics
"The Mom" song, sung to the William Tell Overture, by Anita Renfroe.What a mom says in 24 hours, condensed into 2 minutes and 55 seconds! Hilarious and talented!
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Blogosphere Meets Daisy Romwall
As a direct result of blogging I meet many interesting individuals from different walks of life, some famous in the Blogosphere and many like myself, not so famous or well known.
When I ran an image search for my daughter’s twenty first birthday in February of this year, I happened across the perfect picture by a young lady in northern California named Daisy Romwall.
Daisy granted permission to use her photo in my blog post to my daughter Janelle, and made no requests for anything in return, so it seems fitting to thank her with a link back to her Flickr collection.
According to Daisy “I’m just a photographer” which I will disagree with, after viewing her many sets of photographs. She is a film major at her local college, and would enjoy feedback from photojournalists, as she moves from amateur to professional photographer.
Thank you Daisy
As a direct result of blogging I meet many interesting individuals from different walks of life, some famous in the Blogosphere and many like myself, not so famous or well known.
When I ran an image search for my daughter’s twenty first birthday in February of this year, I happened across the perfect picture by a young lady in northern California named Daisy Romwall.
Daisy granted permission to use her photo in my blog post to my daughter Janelle, and made no requests for anything in return, so it seems fitting to thank her with a link back to her Flickr collection.
According to Daisy “I’m just a photographer” which I will disagree with, after viewing her many sets of photographs. She is a film major at her local college, and would enjoy feedback from photojournalists, as she moves from amateur to professional photographer.
Thank you Daisy
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Murdoch Pulling His Bid For Newsday
Rupert Murdoch's $580 million bid for Tribune Co's Newsday newspaper has been withdrawn, which will leave cable television operator Cablevision as the most likely winner of the Long Island daily.
News Corp. Withdraws Its Bid for Newsday - New York Times
Rupert Murdoch's $580 million bid for Tribune Co's Newsday newspaper has been withdrawn, which will leave cable television operator Cablevision as the most likely winner of the Long Island daily.
News Corp. Withdraws Its Bid for Newsday - New York Times
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Message from David Hiller - Publisher LA Times
Folks,
I want to share the exciting news that Scott Sullivan has been named Chief Technology Officer for Tribune Interactive, overseeing the TI engineering group across all of Tribune. Scott will be traveling back and forth between LA and Chicago, but will maintain his role here at The Times—and specifically latimes.com. Kamran Izadpanah, the head of engineering for our interactive group, will be filling in for Scott as needed, but Scott will continue to be an integral part of our team here. Scott’s knowledge has been crucial to the growth we’ve seen on our Web site over the last year and his new role is a testament to the fantastic team Scott has built and the great work they are doing.
Please join me in congratulating Scott.
David
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From: Tribune Communications
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 07:21:51 -0700
Subject: Message from Marc Chase/Scott Sullivan Named CTO for TI
Scott Sullivan has been named Chief Technology Officer of Tribune Interactive. Scott will head up the TI engineering group across all of Tribune, which develops and integrates software to power our sites and also helps us build new products.
For the past year, Scott has devoted significant effort towards transforming technology operations and has acted as a senior technology advocate for LATimes.com. In that time, Scott’s efforts helped LATimes.com re-launch on a new content management platform, the re-launch of Travel as well as the launches of The Guide and Topics A to Z.
Prior to joining LATimes.com, he acted as CIO for Edmunds.com and served in executive roles at Yahoo/Overture Services, and Homestore.com.
We are very excited to have Scott lead our joint technology efforts across all of Tribune Interactive.
Please congratulate Scott!
Marc
Folks,
I want to share the exciting news that Scott Sullivan has been named Chief Technology Officer for Tribune Interactive, overseeing the TI engineering group across all of Tribune. Scott will be traveling back and forth between LA and Chicago, but will maintain his role here at The Times—and specifically latimes.com. Kamran Izadpanah, the head of engineering for our interactive group, will be filling in for Scott as needed, but Scott will continue to be an integral part of our team here. Scott’s knowledge has been crucial to the growth we’ve seen on our Web site over the last year and his new role is a testament to the fantastic team Scott has built and the great work they are doing.
Please join me in congratulating Scott.
David
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From: Tribune Communications
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 07:21:51 -0700
Subject: Message from Marc Chase/Scott Sullivan Named CTO for TI
Scott Sullivan has been named Chief Technology Officer of Tribune Interactive. Scott will head up the TI engineering group across all of Tribune, which develops and integrates software to power our sites and also helps us build new products.
For the past year, Scott has devoted significant effort towards transforming technology operations and has acted as a senior technology advocate for LATimes.com. In that time, Scott’s efforts helped LATimes.com re-launch on a new content management platform, the re-launch of Travel as well as the launches of The Guide and Topics A to Z.
Prior to joining LATimes.com, he acted as CIO for Edmunds.com and served in executive roles at Yahoo/Overture Services, and Homestore.com.
We are very excited to have Scott lead our joint technology efforts across all of Tribune Interactive.
Please congratulate Scott!
Marc
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Friday, May 09, 2008
For The Weekend: We've All Had These Days...
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TRIBUNE COMPANY PRESS RELEASE
Mark Shapiro Elected to Tribune Board of Directors
CHICAGO, May 9, 2008 – Tribune Company today announced that Mark Shapiro, a native Chicagoan, has been elected to the company’s board of directors. Shapiro is president and chief executive officer of Six Flags, Inc., the world’s largest regional amusement park company, a position he has held since December 2005.
"Mark is a great addition to the board," said Sam Zell, Tribune’s chairman and chief executive officer. "This company’s been on a rollercoaster ride the last few years --
who better to help guide us into the future than a guy in charge of amusement parks? Mark has great experience in broadcasting and entertainment and knows how to reach
audiences -- he’s smart and innovative. Besides, we’re hoping he’ll cut us a break on season passes to Six Flags!"
Shapiro has helped Six Flags grow its entertainment portfolio, leading the company’s acquisition of 40% of Dick Clark productions in 2007. Prior to joining Six Flags,
Shapiro served as executive vice president/programming and production at ESPN, responsible for the development and scheduling of all programming on ESPN, ESPN2 and its affiliate networks. Shapiro was elected at Tribune’s regularly scheduled board meeting held May 7.
In other business, the board also elected Gary Weitman as senior vice president/corporate relations. Weitman joined Tribune in 2000 as vice president/corporate communications. He oversees internal and external communication, including media and investor relations, employee communications, and Tribune’s internal and external websites.
SOURCE: Tribune Company
Mark Shapiro Elected to Tribune Board of Directors
CHICAGO, May 9, 2008 – Tribune Company today announced that Mark Shapiro, a native Chicagoan, has been elected to the company’s board of directors. Shapiro is president and chief executive officer of Six Flags, Inc., the world’s largest regional amusement park company, a position he has held since December 2005.
"Mark is a great addition to the board," said Sam Zell, Tribune’s chairman and chief executive officer. "This company’s been on a rollercoaster ride the last few years --
who better to help guide us into the future than a guy in charge of amusement parks? Mark has great experience in broadcasting and entertainment and knows how to reach
audiences -- he’s smart and innovative. Besides, we’re hoping he’ll cut us a break on season passes to Six Flags!"
Shapiro has helped Six Flags grow its entertainment portfolio, leading the company’s acquisition of 40% of Dick Clark productions in 2007. Prior to joining Six Flags,
Shapiro served as executive vice president/programming and production at ESPN, responsible for the development and scheduling of all programming on ESPN, ESPN2 and its affiliate networks. Shapiro was elected at Tribune’s regularly scheduled board meeting held May 7.
In other business, the board also elected Gary Weitman as senior vice president/corporate relations. Weitman joined Tribune in 2000 as vice president/corporate communications. He oversees internal and external communication, including media and investor relations, employee communications, and Tribune’s internal and external websites.
SOURCE: Tribune Company
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Friday Afternoon News
Formerly Los Angeles Times Federal Credit Union
- Hachette Guts Online Editorial Staff - Paid Content
- The Thinking Behind the 'Post's' Price Hike - Portfolio
- Is Neutrality Now a Liability? - Newspaper Death Watch
- New York Times: The Web 'Is Our Future' - New York Times
- Big Changes Coming for the St. Petersburg Times - The Feed
- Broadcasters dispute Los Angeles Times ad - Kevin Roderick
- Tax gain hands Tribune 1st-quarter net profit - Chicago Tribune
- Thomson Reuters facing strike threat over job cuts - Press Gazette
- Washington P wants identities of readers who post comments - C/net
- RBI considers pay-per-page view for online journalists - Journalism UK
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San Francisco Peninsula Press Club: Examiner cuts back delivery to 2 days a week
The Examiner announced today that it will only deliver papers to homes and businesses two days a week — Thursdays and Sundays — starting July 13.
The free tabloid, owned by Denver billionaire oilman Phil Anschutz, says it is increasing the number of papers available at newspaper racks and vendors while ending six-day-a-week home delivery. It also is moving its weekend Saturday edition to Sunday.
The Examiner also says it will beef up its Web site and turn examiner.com into an aggregator of news.
The Examiner's sister papers in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., are making similiar cuts, the AP reports.
The move follows complaints by residents in all three markets that they have been unable to stop delivery of the Examiner despite repeated calls to the paper. That has prompted legislation in Maryland and San Francisco. The Maryland bill was withdrawn after the Examiner promised to do a better job responding to calls to stop the paper. In San Francisco, an ordinance to fine publishers who deliver after a stop request is being drafted by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi. Fines would range from $100 to $500 per violation.
According to AP, Examiner CEO Ryan McKibben said the moves are in response to advertiser and reader wishes while allowing the company to "protect the core of what we do and that is gathering news and information."
"It's no secret that this is a very difficult period for our industry. But it's actually an exciting time when one has the necessary talent and is sufficiently nimble and innovative to effectively meet the demands of rapidly changing markets," McKibben said in a statement.
The Examiner announced today that it will only deliver papers to homes and businesses two days a week — Thursdays and Sundays — starting July 13.
The free tabloid, owned by Denver billionaire oilman Phil Anschutz, says it is increasing the number of papers available at newspaper racks and vendors while ending six-day-a-week home delivery. It also is moving its weekend Saturday edition to Sunday.
The Examiner also says it will beef up its Web site and turn examiner.com into an aggregator of news.
The Examiner's sister papers in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., are making similiar cuts, the AP reports.
The move follows complaints by residents in all three markets that they have been unable to stop delivery of the Examiner despite repeated calls to the paper. That has prompted legislation in Maryland and San Francisco. The Maryland bill was withdrawn after the Examiner promised to do a better job responding to calls to stop the paper. In San Francisco, an ordinance to fine publishers who deliver after a stop request is being drafted by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi. Fines would range from $100 to $500 per violation.
According to AP, Examiner CEO Ryan McKibben said the moves are in response to advertiser and reader wishes while allowing the company to "protect the core of what we do and that is gathering news and information."
"It's no secret that this is a very difficult period for our industry. But it's actually an exciting time when one has the necessary talent and is sufficiently nimble and innovative to effectively meet the demands of rapidly changing markets," McKibben said in a statement.
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
Opossum Attack in San Dimas
Before slipping into bed tonight I opened the morning Los Angeles Times, and ran across an article that caught my attention titled California urges caution around coyotes after Inland Empire attacks, by David Kelly. Our home is located approximately one mile south of the foothills in the northern portion of San Dimas, and we have many coyotes running the streets seeking food in the wee hours of the night.
We are not certain, but we highly suspect coyotes are responsible for all the missing cats and small dogs in the area, but this is not what the article brought to mind.
About five weeks ago tomorrow my daughter Joanna and her friend Nick Monges were walking to our community pool, and as they turned the corner a opossum was standing in the middle of the sidewalk, startling both of the teenagers. I suppose a natural defense overcame Nick as he kicked at the opossum, which caused the opossum to sink it’s teeth through the tongue of Nick’s tennis shoe, and into his flesh.
Not sure what to do, Nick called his sister for a ride back home to Baldwin Park, and after removing his tennis shoe discovered a massive swelling at the point of entry on the top of his foot. Upon hearing what had occurred, Nick’s grandmother rushed Nick to the emergency room of Kaiser Hospital, also located in Baldwin Park.
We all know emergency room visits can take three to five hours of waiting to see a doctor, in this case, Nick was rushed into an examining room. The attending nurse began cleaning his wound as soon as he was admitted, with the entire staff taking turns to gawk at this very unusual bite. One of the nurses exclaimed, “In twenty-two years in the nursing field, I have never heard of anyone being bitten by a opossum”.
Nick’s wait for the attending physician was short, and the doctor also said this was his first case of a opossum attack, and wondered if the opossum was protecting it’s babies or was rabid?
Not having any rabies serum on hand, the hospital sent out a call, which brought the serum to the hospital within ninety minutes. Nick was given one shot in his shoulder, one to the leg, and one at the wound. The series of shots consist of six visits to the hospital, and are not like years ago when the shots were injected into the stomach, a very painful experience.
Since the opossum attack, the Health Department has set out traps in and around the home where the attack happened, in an attempt to capture the opossum to test for rabies.
We must all remember that wild animals are wild, and will react to what they perceive as an invasion of their territory with force.
We are not certain, but we highly suspect coyotes are responsible for all the missing cats and small dogs in the area, but this is not what the article brought to mind.
About five weeks ago tomorrow my daughter Joanna and her friend Nick Monges were walking to our community pool, and as they turned the corner a opossum was standing in the middle of the sidewalk, startling both of the teenagers. I suppose a natural defense overcame Nick as he kicked at the opossum, which caused the opossum to sink it’s teeth through the tongue of Nick’s tennis shoe, and into his flesh.
Not sure what to do, Nick called his sister for a ride back home to Baldwin Park, and after removing his tennis shoe discovered a massive swelling at the point of entry on the top of his foot. Upon hearing what had occurred, Nick’s grandmother rushed Nick to the emergency room of Kaiser Hospital, also located in Baldwin Park.
We all know emergency room visits can take three to five hours of waiting to see a doctor, in this case, Nick was rushed into an examining room. The attending nurse began cleaning his wound as soon as he was admitted, with the entire staff taking turns to gawk at this very unusual bite. One of the nurses exclaimed, “In twenty-two years in the nursing field, I have never heard of anyone being bitten by a opossum”.
Nick’s wait for the attending physician was short, and the doctor also said this was his first case of a opossum attack, and wondered if the opossum was protecting it’s babies or was rabid?
Not having any rabies serum on hand, the hospital sent out a call, which brought the serum to the hospital within ninety minutes. Nick was given one shot in his shoulder, one to the leg, and one at the wound. The series of shots consist of six visits to the hospital, and are not like years ago when the shots were injected into the stomach, a very painful experience.
Since the opossum attack, the Health Department has set out traps in and around the home where the attack happened, in an attempt to capture the opossum to test for rabies.
We must all remember that wild animals are wild, and will react to what they perceive as an invasion of their territory with force.
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Message From Sam Zell 05.07.08
Partners:
As the pace of change quickens and we work to integrate best practices and common themes, the board and I have decided to expand Randy’s role to Chief Operating Officer of the company. Consequently, all our lines of business--publishing, broadcasting and interactive--will report to him. Times are tough and we have a long way to go, and we will only get there with exciting, challenging, thoughtful and out-of-the-box leadership. I’m not sure I could come up with a better description of Randy.
Attached is the press release announcing Randy's appointment.
This in no way diminishes my involvement, nor will it impede my commitment to read your emails to me. I feel as though we are beginning to create a community with shared objectives and a desire to win. Let’s see it through.
Sam
SOURCE: TELL ZELL
Partners:
As the pace of change quickens and we work to integrate best practices and common themes, the board and I have decided to expand Randy’s role to Chief Operating Officer of the company. Consequently, all our lines of business--publishing, broadcasting and interactive--will report to him. Times are tough and we have a long way to go, and we will only get there with exciting, challenging, thoughtful and out-of-the-box leadership. I’m not sure I could come up with a better description of Randy.
Attached is the press release announcing Randy's appointment.
This in no way diminishes my involvement, nor will it impede my commitment to read your emails to me. I feel as though we are beginning to create a community with shared objectives and a desire to win. Let’s see it through.
Sam
SOURCE: TELL ZELL
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New Sam Zell Blog
We need to thank our friend, Kevin Roderick, over at LAObserved for bringing a new blog to our attention this morning, which many Tribune Employees will enjoy.
The new blog is titled Tell Zell, and is written by a colleague from the Los Angeles Times, that uses the handle Ink Stained Retch. We do not know if the blogger is male or female, work location, or anything else regarding the anonymous blogger for that matter, which will make this a must see blog for myself and my colleagues.
The new blogger is not tongue-tied in their translations of what Sam Zell is quoted communicating to Tribunites, and what he actually really means. The same holds true with Lee Abrams statements, which are translated and quite humorous, yet possibly accurate.
And speaking of new blogs, the Los Angeles Times has launched five new blogs, which are all linked here, bringing the total blog count to forty-four, with many more to come this year.
The Zell money image comes from William Couch, and was created by Rich Pope.
We need to thank our friend, Kevin Roderick, over at LAObserved for bringing a new blog to our attention this morning, which many Tribune Employees will enjoy.
The new blog is titled Tell Zell, and is written by a colleague from the Los Angeles Times, that uses the handle Ink Stained Retch. We do not know if the blogger is male or female, work location, or anything else regarding the anonymous blogger for that matter, which will make this a must see blog for myself and my colleagues.
The new blogger is not tongue-tied in their translations of what Sam Zell is quoted communicating to Tribunites, and what he actually really means. The same holds true with Lee Abrams statements, which are translated and quite humorous, yet possibly accurate.
And speaking of new blogs, the Los Angeles Times has launched five new blogs, which are all linked here, bringing the total blog count to forty-four, with many more to come this year.
The Zell money image comes from William Couch, and was created by Rich Pope.
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TRIBUNE COMPANY PRESS RELEASE
Tribune Reports 2008 First Quarter Results
CHICAGO, May 8, 2008 -- Tribune Company today reported first quarter 2008 earnings from continuing operations of $1.82 billion compared with $11 million in the first quarter of 2007. The first quarter 2008 operating results included a favorable non-cash income tax adjustment of $1.86 billion related to the elimination of essentially all of the Company’s net deferred tax liabilities due to the Company’s change in tax status at the beginning of the year to a subchapter S corporation. The Company reported a loss from continuing operations before income taxes of $30 million in the first quarter of 2008 compared with income from continuing operations before income taxes of $31 million in the first quarter of 2007.
First quarter 2008 and 2007 results from continuing operations included the following:
A pretax charge of $63 million for severance and special termination benefits in the 2008 quarter, compared with a pretax charge of $1 million in the 2007 quarter.
A pretax charge of $8 million for stock-based compensation related to the Company’s new management equity incentive plan in the 2008 quarter, compared to $18 million of stock-based compensation expense in the 2007 quarter.
A pretax gain of $83 million in the 2008 quarter related to the sale of the real estate and related assets of the Company’s studio production lot located in Hollywood, California.
An after-tax non-operating gain of $1.93 billion in the 2008 quarter, which includes the income tax adjustment related to the Company’s change in tax status to a subchapter S corporation, compared with an after-tax non-operating loss of $57 million in the 2007 quarter.
“As we stated on our call in April, print ad revenues continue to be challenged by the weak economy’s impact on real estate and classified advertising,” commented Sam Zell, Tribune’s chairman and chief executive officer. “Broadcasting operating results are notably more stable. This business segment is tracking ahead of 2007 and it is outperforming the industry average. We continue to make significant progress on our strategy to transform operations, and to realize the full value of the Company’s unparalleled brands.”
The full report can be accessed here.
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Thursday Afternoon News
Olympic Pressman Yee-Leung Fu
- The Consecration of Obama - Boi from Troy
- Murdoch's crowing about Newsday - CNN Money
- Tearing down the news-opinion divide - Buzz Machine
- New Sam Zell-watching blog: Tell Zell - Kevin Roderick
- L.A. Times Goes From Watchdog To Peeping Tom - Mayrav Saar
- Why The Times Should Abandon The News-Opinion Divide - Gawker
- Local Papers Debate Paid Online Model - Newspaper Death Watch
- Will You Get A Round Tuit Before Disaster Strikes? - Brian Humphrey
- Union-Tribune Lays Off Three Who Spearheaded Electronic News - SDR
- Adults Spend Slightly More Than Half Their Media Hours With TV - Ad Age
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Los Angeles Times Employee Recognition Week Video
Mini documentary on The Times coverage of the October, 2007 wildfires. Great photos.
Mini documentary on The Times coverage of the October, 2007 wildfires. Great photos.
Editors Note: Los Angeles Times Employees eligible for last years cancelled employee recognition dinner, annually held at the Peterson Automotive Museum in November, were informed the dinner had been rescheduled to February 2008 in the memo below.
As one of a handful of individuals who were eligible for service awards in 2007,I would like to inform you that your years of commitment to the Los Angeles Times will now be incorporated into the departmental activities of Employee Recognition Week occurring in February 2008. A separate Service Recognition Dinner will not be held. More information regarding the schedule for Employee Recognition Week will be provided at a later date.And according to David Hiller's memo, dated 04.08.08
If you have any
questions or comments, feel free to contact me at (213) 237-3223.
Again,
thank you and congratulations.
Sincerely,
Marcello Sawyer
Employee Services Specialist
And speaking of recognition, we are planning to go forward with employee
recognition events, and this year each department will be planning and hosting its own celebration (I hope to be invited to all of them J). You will be hearing from your department about these plans soon.
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TRIBUNE COMPANY PRESS RELEASE
Tribune Names Randy Michaels Chief Operating Officer
CHICAGO, May 7, 2008 -- Tribune Company today announced that Randy Michaels has been named chief operating officer, responsible for all aspects of the company’s publishing,broadcasting and interactive divisions. The appointment is effective immediately.
“Randy is one of the most creative human beings I’ve ever known,” said Sam Zell, Tribune’s chairman and chief executive officer. “But he is exactly what Tribune needs to keep moving forward—smart, decisive, relentless, irreverent, fun and cutting edge.”
Michaels had been serving as executive vice president and chief executive officer of Tribune’s interactive and broadcast divisions, a post he assumed on Dec. 20, 2007, when the company completed its going-private transaction.
“The advertising environment is tough, the real estate crisis is affecting our classifieds something awful, and people are saying ‘newspapers are dead,’” said Michaels. “So, naturally, I want to take on even more responsibility for our print business.” He added, “Despite the problems, we have world-class brands with unlimited potential. We’re in the biggest markets and print still grabs a bigger share of advertising revenue than any other medium. On the broadcasting side, our TV
stations are leading the industry in growth. By using the resources and support of these amazing brands, we can also build tremendously strong interactive businesses. There is a lot of upside here.”
Tribune Names Randy Michaels Chief Operating Officer
CHICAGO, May 7, 2008 -- Tribune Company today announced that Randy Michaels has been named chief operating officer, responsible for all aspects of the company’s publishing,broadcasting and interactive divisions. The appointment is effective immediately.
“Randy is one of the most creative human beings I’ve ever known,” said Sam Zell, Tribune’s chairman and chief executive officer. “But he is exactly what Tribune needs to keep moving forward—smart, decisive, relentless, irreverent, fun and cutting edge.”
Michaels had been serving as executive vice president and chief executive officer of Tribune’s interactive and broadcast divisions, a post he assumed on Dec. 20, 2007, when the company completed its going-private transaction.
“The advertising environment is tough, the real estate crisis is affecting our classifieds something awful, and people are saying ‘newspapers are dead,’” said Michaels. “So, naturally, I want to take on even more responsibility for our print business.” He added, “Despite the problems, we have world-class brands with unlimited potential. We’re in the biggest markets and print still grabs a bigger share of advertising revenue than any other medium. On the broadcasting side, our TV
stations are leading the industry in growth. By using the resources and support of these amazing brands, we can also build tremendously strong interactive businesses. There is a lot of upside here.”
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Wednesday Afternoon Linkage
Los Angeles Times Globe Lobby
- BANG publisher on union petition - Gary Scott
- SCBA Shoots Back At L.A. Times Ad - Radio Ink
- 'NYT' Editor: Newsroom Staff Cuts on the Way - E&P
- Clinton Should Quit Now And Fully Back Obama - Ken Reich
- Online Comments: 'free Flow Of Ideas' Or Simply A 'Sewer'? - The Day
- Former LA Times Editors Sound Off on Zell - Newspaper Death Watch
- Rocky Mountain Chronicle will publish our last weekly print version - RMC
- Herald-Leader Seeks Buyout from 4 Percent of Staff - Business Lexington
- Star Tribune's owner forced to write off much of its investment - Star Tribune
- Can Cablevision Turn a Triple Play into a Newsday Home Run? - Ken Doctor
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Fashion: Sisterhood Of The Scary Underwear
"Ages ago, I'd watch my mother climb into a girdle. It was a feat that involved contortions --two steps in, then a wriggle, followed by a squat, all whilst pulling the mighty sheath on. Sadly, there was no Olympic competition for putting on girdles, had there been, she'd of gotten a gold medal."
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"Ages ago, I'd watch my mother climb into a girdle. It was a feat that involved contortions --two steps in, then a wriggle, followed by a squat, all whilst pulling the mighty sheath on. Sadly, there was no Olympic competition for putting on girdles, had there been, she'd of gotten a gold medal."
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Tuesday Afternoon News
Venice Beach, California
- NBC reporter robbed while covering story on robberies - David Markland
- Newsroom Barometer results released today, May 6 - Editors Weblog
- Inspiring Tales of Success and Spirit - Newspaper Death Watch
- Former Los Angeles Times Editors Speak Out - Mayrav Saar
- Abrams brings his act to L.A. — and likes it - Kevin Roderick
- Price Just One Factor as Zell Mulls Newsday Bid - Newsday
- Against the Grain: New Daily Launched in Kansas - E&P
- Newspaper Web Sites Attract Record Audiences - NAA