Weekly archive
December 27 - January 2, 2010
Thursday, Dec. 31
Tuohy won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 1969 for his coverage of the Vietnam War for the Los Angeles Times. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Steve Greenberg wonders if Fox and Time Warner will ever strike a deal. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Dec. 30
The Republican says he'll announce after the holidays and bowl games. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The City Council member from down San Pedro way will be employing a bunch of Democratic consultants, starting with Garry South. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
"The only thing I'm retiring is my alarm clock," he quipped on the air $MTEntryExcerpt$>
He drew more than 3,800 caricatures and other pieces for the New York Review of Books. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Dec. 29
Even if the creased, black-and-white picture of John F. Kennedy on a boat with naked skinnydippers were real, TMZ went more than a little overboard. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A controversy over plagiarism by unpaid political columnists has led The Signal to suspend the use of local columnists while it figures out a better way. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Dec. 28
Think the new construction project only affects the freeway? Ho ho ho. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Evidence is mostly anecdotal, but the Times leads the paper with the story anyway. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Dec. 27
Baron Davis sinks the winner at the buzzer. 92-90. Think the fans made some noise out on Figueroa tonight?... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Harvey Levin is already staffing up for TMZ Sports, says Brian Stelter in the New York Times. TMZ’s specialty is unvarnished celebrity coverage. And because Mr. Levin sees a lot... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
If I were doing an end-of-year roundup of obits, Schiller would be in it. Her husband opened the Pink Pussycat in an old Hollywood jazz club on Santa Monica Boulevard,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The L.A.. Times ran another investigative collaboration with ProPublica on lax enforcement that lets problem nurses keep working. There's a pretty good summation of how 92 digital billboard came... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In past years, this is about when I'd start rolling out posts looking back at the events of the previous twelve months. My KCRW commentary on Christmas Day talked about... $MTEntryExcerpt$>