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Hanaa' TameezJanuary 25, 2024

After LA Times layoffs, questions about diversity and seniority swirl

Disagreements between the LA Times and its Guild over seniority protections ended in more than 60 journalists of color being laid off.

Hanaa' TameezJanuary 23, 2024

The LA Times lays off 115 people, with the De Los and Washington, D.C. teams especially hard-hit

“We are not in turmoil. We have a real plan,” the paper’s owner, billionaire businessman Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said.

Andrew Donohue, Voice of San DiegoNovember 6, 2023

This is the beginning of the end for The San Diego Union-Tribune

Under new owner Alden Global Capital, there’s no plan for the future. There’s just revenue extraction for as long as a generation of older newspaper subscribers live to keep paying their bills.

Joshua BentonJuly 17, 2023

The Los Angeles Times is definitely either for sale or not for sale

Despite denials, don’t be surprised if control passes from billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong sometimes soon. But it’s not necessarily bad news.

The Los Angeles Times newsroom is roiling over race, representation, and missing “a golden opportunity” to diversify

The Los Angeles Times’ advertising revenue “has nearly been eliminated”

Joshua BentonMarch 18, 2020

The L.A. Times uses its physician owner to help explain the science behind the coronavirus

But Patrick Soon-Shiong’s outside business dealings show the importance of disclosure — especially in an era when more important news organizations are owned by billionaires with business interests in the topics journalists cover.

Ken DoctorJanuary 24, 2020

Newsonomics: Here are 20 epiphanies for the news business of the 2020s

After ten years of writing for Nieman Lab, Ken takes a big look back and ahead, defining the state of affairs for the troubled world of journalism.

Ken DoctorDecember 6, 2019

Newsonomics: This is how the 5 biggest newspaper chains could become 2 — and it all comes down to one day, June 30, 2020

Worse, the two left standing could be run by hedge fund guys with little interest in more than the bottom line.

Ken DoctorMarch 28, 2019

Newsonomics: Patrick Soon-Shiong on the L.A. Times’ transmedia future, french-fry tweets, and modernizing the “newspaper” business

The billionaire owner on unions (“I think they did the unionize thing out of desperation”), esports (“We must start fighting for the 16-year-olds all the way to the 30-year-olds, because that’s not our demographic”), and hiring the intern.

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