Weekly archive
December 19 - December 25, 2004
Friday, Dec. 24
Posting will be light through New Year's Day. But I will probably add a few notes here during the coming week, with the freshest at the bottom. See you all... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Dec. 22
Last night's debate featured some spirited back and forth sniping between the candidates, mostly directed at (or by) Jim Hahn. Talking to reporters afterward, the mayor defended his administration against... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mediabistro.com is trying out a new column on how PR people should pitch various media. It's done Q-and-A style, with the questions posed by Laura Galloway of Galloway Media Group... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Los Angeles Fire Department's media relations staff has started a blog with releases on incidents in the city. It went up yesterday and reports on four structure fires. There's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Times has named Jim Rainey a national media writer. He recently covered the presidential campaign and has reported in the past on L.A. city politics. His beat is separate... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Dec. 21
Around the race for mayor: We know what Richard Alarcon will talk about at tonight's debate. The state Senator filed papers yesterday pushing a ballot measure to ban city contractors... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
AP says the Dodgers and two other teams, the Yankees and Diamondbacks, have okayed and submitted the trade that has been rumored since last week. The Dodgers would give up... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
L.A.'s most important Denver-based player, Philip Anschutz, has filed trademark applications to reserve "The Examiner" as the name of newspapers in 69 cities. The Denver Post (via Romenesko) only mentions... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Dec. 20
Times media critic David Shaw on Sunday ran his list of the year's worst journalism moments. His top 10 include Dan Rather's use of fake memos for a "60 Minutes"... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Edited since first posted LAist has found a sure-fire way to get more City Hall readership, at least for the day. The blog has posted a Q-and-A with Rick Orlov,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Dec. 19
One of my favorite lists in the L.A. Business Journal is the annual rank of most valuable private property in Los Angeles County. My favorite fact in this week's report... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
LAVoice.org has competition for its series keeping tabs on the web presence of the five top candidates for mayor. In the Downtown News, Jon Regardie submits their websites to expert... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Both the L.A. Business Journal and LA Weekly are getting ready to unveil newsier websites. In the new issue, the Journal announces that over the next two weeks it will... $MTEntryExcerpt$>