The LA Times website recorded 127 million page views in the month of July alone, shattering its old record of 120 million. The site was well on track to break its previous record, but when the earthquake hit, the number of page views increased even more. There are full lists of the top viewed articles, [...]
The Los Angeles City Council voted yesterday to ban the use of plastic bags in the city’s retail stores, beginning in July 2010. The decision follows a similar move by northern neigbhor San Francisco and may foreshadow a statewide measure under consideration in the California legislature. Drug Store News (July 23, 2008) The Guardian (UK) [...]
Singular, a magazine for singles, is being launched today by freelance journalist Kim Calvert and financier David Wright. The magazine will be bi-monthly and aims to“ create and serve a large and fast-growing community for like-minded singles who have active social lives and are comfortable with their single lifestyle.” The magazine will be direct mailed [...]
The Los Angeles Times, is planning on transferring control of its magazine from the newsroom to its business operations as well as replacing the magazine’s entire editorial staff, according to two executives at the paper. The plan was set in motion a few months ago when a new editor was hired, but kept a secret [...]
Tribune Company newspapers, namely the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, will be printing fewer newspapers and employing fewer journalists according to Samuel Zell, the chairman and chief executive of the company. The goal of the company is to have a 50/50 split between news and advertisements, thus eliminating over 500 pages a week across [...]
The 23rd annual City and Regional Magazine Association awards contest is being coordinated by the University of Missouri School of Journalism on behalf of CRMA. 84 finalists were chosen out of 912 magazines to compete for awards in such categories as “General Excellence”, “Excellence Online”, “Excellence in Design”, and “Excellence in Writing”. Many of the nominees [...]