Weekly archive
July 31 - August 6, 2005
Thursday, Aug. 4
Can't let it go unmentioned that Army Archerd will write his last regular column for Variety on Sept. 1. He will still file occasional reports. Archerd has been at it... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
If I post at all in the next few days, it will be of the quick variety. Meanwhile, perusing the July logs has been fun. L.A. Observed set new single-month... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
No, Danny Bakewell is not stepping down from his duties at the helm of the Los Angeles Sentinel. But he is retiring at the end of the year from the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
KFI's Eric Leonard reported Wednesday afternoon that the LAPD's John Miller has been offered an FBI job. Miller was on vacation and unavailable to comment, but a department spokesman later... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Aug. 3
While I was traveling today, my in-box was filling up with the stunner that Dean Singleton acquired The Detroit News, converted it to a morning paper and brought in his... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Not just a semi-vacation week, but a travel day too. The New York Times catches up on David Shaw, General Motors and the Getty probe. Author and former LAT Book... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Whatever may or may not be going on between Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe and Fox Sports West Dodgers reporter-anchor Carolyn Hughes is breaking out as a media story. It began... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Aug. 2
General Motors has cancelled its punitive boycott of the L.A. Times and resumed advertising. Many dealers had never pulled their ads from the paper, but the corporate side had yanked... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Told you it was going to be a light week... The state AG has requested eight years worth of records on Barry Munitz's compensation and spending at the Getty Trust,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Aug. 1
David Shaw won the Pulitzer prize for his media reporting in the L.A. Times. He died tonight of complications from a brain tumor that was first discovered in May. His... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Dodgers didn't make any deals at the baseball trading deadline, but Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa added some key players today. Cecile Ablack is the new Deputy Mayor for Communications. She... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This is going to be a light mid-summer week for me. But here's something to get you started. The hoary old Olympic Auditorium—excuse me, the Grand Olympic—has been sold to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Jul. 31
New L.A. councilman Bill Rosendahl from the Westside is interviewed by Howard Fine in this week's L.A. Business Journal. Rosendahl says that he has created an "Ambassadors Club" to tap... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Defamer's Mark Lisanti is "the newest and hottest foot soldier on the front lines of the celebrity takeover of modern culture," Rachel Abramowitz writes in Sunday's LAT. "He's the witty... $MTEntryExcerpt$>