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January 09, 2004
From a mediabistro party in December at the Loews not in Beverly Hills, though the hotel would like you to think so. Photos include (but... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Here's a way you know your book is having an impact -- when the New York Times national staff runs a feature on what people... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Author and New Yorker writer James B. Stewart's next book target is Disney. He's well along on the project, which Simon and Schuster will publish... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The USC Annenberg School and the Poynter Institute are presenting a discussion next Tuesday (Jan. 13) on, in their words, "journalism ethics, standards, and editorial... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A shorter Friday roundup: L.A. Times front: Schwarzenegger budget cuts, Bush's manned moon mission. Daily News front: Rover success, mission to Mars. Film Week, KPCC... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
January 08, 2004
The ESPN columnist who scored an early copy of the Pete Rose book and posted the first review -- Alysse Minkoff -- works out of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The park's practice of charging locals lower admission off season -- $8 to $10 less than tourists -- is legal, a state court of appeal... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Newsweek's Los Angeles bureau chief David Jefferson went through the interviews, negotiated over salary and start date, and accepted the high-level job of Associate Editor... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The L.A. Film Critics awards for 2003, via Movie City News. The site's Leonard Klady opens the door a little on the selection process.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The new edition of Slate's annual Movie Club, in which five film critics serially dish at agonizing length on the year's cinema, includes Manohla Dargis... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In print: L.A. Times front: Schwarzenegger to propose 10% fee hikes at UC and CSU, up to 40% for grad students. Daily News lead: Reaction... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Film critic Henry Sheehan, a regular on KPCC's "Film Week" segment, has added audio interviews to his website at HenrySheehan.com. The first is a lengthy... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In a web-only story on the LA Weekly site, Christine Pelisek takes a look at the coroner's report on the Oct. 21 stabbing death of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
UCLA professor Mark A. R. Kleiman uses some pointed blogger critiques of New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Chicago professor Daniel Drezner to make... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
January 07, 2004
Jeff A. Taylor at Reason's Hit and Run blog argues it's OK for Maria Shriver to report for NBC and help to govern California, which... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
From L.A. city hall bureau chief David Zahniser in the Daily Breeze: Responding to widespread pressure from the citys librarians, a City Council committee has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's Bill Sing, the L.A. Times Business Editor for six years until the new Tribune leadership came in. The paper has also hired Marc Lifsher... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Media critic Cathy Seipp dings today's L.A. Times front pager on that domestic terror plot in Texas for quoting a journalism professor unpopular with the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In the L.A. Times food section today, Charles Perry unfolds the colorful past of theme restaurants in Los Angeles. He says it all began with... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Editorial writers mostly liked Gov. Schwarzenegger's State of the State speech last night. Steve Lopez doesn't join them. L.A. Times: Masterful...Schwarzenegger delivered a tough but... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tim Rutten turns his LAT Regarding Media column today into a tribute to his longtime friend John Gregory Dunne, who died last week. A snippet:... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
On the air: Day to Day, KPCC 9 a.m./KCRW noon - President Bush's proposal to change immigration laws. Fresh Air, KPCC 1 & 7 p.m.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
January 06, 2004
"Advice Goddess" Amy Alkon shows up in the new Psychology Today quoted as a member of The Brights, described in the piece as "a growing... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The site Sports by Brooks says today, based on undescribed and unnamed sources, that it is "unlikely" NBC will pick up the talked-about series based... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In today's L.A. Times Calendar, Lynell George interviews three authors whose settings are fragments of the Los Angeles whole: Alan Rifkin (Signal Hill: Stories), Elizabeth... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Responding to a growing sense of a corruption scandal, Mayor Hahn yesterday banned his commissioners from getting involved in interviews of city contractors they would... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Writers Guild head Victoria Riskin did indeed quit this morning, as recommended yesterday. A press release is up on the WGA website.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Remember those stories in December saying that Maria Shriver was cozily back at work at "Dateline NBC," and the LAT story (and L.A. Observed post)... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Well, education cuts aren't off the table anymore. The L.A. Times says Gov. Schwarzenegger will propose cleaving $2 billion out of the ed budget today... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Martin Schall's Los Angeles Architectural Photo Gallery at you-are-here.com has up 800 images of buildings, panorama views and scenes of local communities. He's got more... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Items: * LARadio.com reports that KNX 1070, which axed the nightly Drama Hour saying it wanted to concentrate on news, has raided KFI for non-news... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
January 05, 2004
As part of his mea culpa book tour, in which he finally admits flouting baseball's #1 rule and lying about it tastelessly for 14 years,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Writers Guild president Victoria Riskin was not an an active member of the guild when she was reelected in September and should resign, says an... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
George Russell Weller has been charged with 10 felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for driving through the crowded Santa Monica farmers market... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
KTLA Channel 5's coverage of the Rose Parade got higher ratings in Los Angeles (again) than the three big networks combined, says Michael Schneider in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
An Atlanta consulting firm that declares the "best" urban newspaper by simply counting stories of interest has rated the L.A. Times tops in the country.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Question: What property has the highest assesed value in Los Angeles County? #1 - Getty Center museum and research institute $2.2 billion #2 - BP... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Associated Press does a little feature on Court TV's Diane Dimond and her scoops on the Michael Jackson sexual abuse case. A few months ago,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Honchos of The New Frontier, the self-appointed successor to George magazine long promised by Kennedy friend Helen O'Donnell, tell Folio they will finally launch in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>