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September 30, 2006
Thought I recognized some of the scenery in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." The board room scenes and corporate offices of fictional network NBS... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
September 29, 2006
Time to catch up on some media moves. Already told you this week about the demise of the Los Angeles Alternative, Harold Meyerson leaving the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tu Ciudad puts Carlos Mencia on the cover and at the top of its second list of 25 Angelenos We Love. What they meant to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Laemmle Theatres has pulled out of the Fairfax 3 discount house at 7907 Beverly Boulevard. No word on what the future holds for the site,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Bunch of chewy new posts around the blogs today, starting at Native Intelligence. Judy Graeme stumbles on the Getty's secret art exhibit for staffers only,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
King/Drew's future Consensus is building around letting Harbor/UCLA take over the hospital and keep it open. LAT Extending the Orange Line The MTA agrees... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
September 28, 2006
After the district attorney's spokeswoman blasted investigative reporter Christine Hanley, the editor of the LAT Orange County edition responded: Susan Kang Schroeder’s letter to her... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wild game still being played between the Dodgers and Rockies. Colorado scored three in the first to knock out Brad Penny. Chad Billingsley came on... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The building at 2379 Glendale Boulevard in Silver Lake is on the market for $2,995,000, according to an email from Dion Neutra. It's where his... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The mayor's office completed its appointments to the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment board and announced the new members of the East L.A. and South Valley... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Today's New York Times carries a man-in-the-news on LAT publisher Jeffrey Johnson, who "seemed to many Los Angeles Times employees to transform himself as dramatically... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
LAFD captain alleges culture of fear for women Alicia Mathis, a 17-year veteran, filed a complaint citing gender discrimination, hostile work environment, harassment and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Organizers have been planning this afternoon's rush-hour shutdown of Century Boulevard near LAX for months. The script, so to speak, calls for 400 arrests during... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
UCLA's Anderson Forecast expects the declining real estate market to take a bite out of growth, but not create R-word problems for the California economy.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Remaining staffers at Wendy McCaw's Santa Barbara News-Press voted 33-6 to join the Graphics Communications Conference of the Teamsters Union. McCaw immediately attacked the Teamsters,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
September 27, 2006
Nikki Finke is out with an LA Weekly story saying that David Geffen is actively trying to buy the L.A. Times and feels confident he... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Rather than just fade away after it ceases printing on Friday, the Los Angeles Alternative plans to keep hope alive by publishing on the web.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Harold Meyerson, the LA Weekly fixture [* keep reading...] who was editor of The American Prospect in 2001-2, is coming back as acting executive editor... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Orange County District Attorney's office is attacking the Times again, this time focusing on an investigative reporter working on a story about the office's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Times critic Christopher Hawthorne welcomes the revived interest in tunneling a subway under Wilshire Boulevard all the way to the ocean. He writes today about... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Still in London Mayor Villaraigosa continues his trip to the U.K. Reward in Valley restaurant heists The City Council offers $75,000 for info on... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
September 26, 2006
Ralph Story was a big deal on local television in the 1960s and 70s. He was the features reporter for "The Big News" on Channel... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
George Foulsham, the managing editor who resigned from the Santa Barbara News-Press over the dictates of owner Wendy McCaw, was announced this afternoon as assistant... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Variety Weekend is also calling it quits. The inside pages tried to draw in readers and advertisers with lifestyle coverage of and for the Hollywood... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Last week's News & Chatter post about the LAT sports editor giving the Times Staff Writer designation to reporters from sister papers rang some alarm... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Another Los Angeles weekly paper bites the dust. This week's L.A. Alternative will be the final issue. In print form anyway. The letter to writers... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
King/Drew aftermath With the Willowbrook hospital failing its "make or break" inspection, closure appears imminent. The feds plan to stop all funding, UCLA says... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
We began summer with a sold-out Neon Cruise and we'll end it that way too. LA Observed Night returns to the Museum of Neon Art... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
September 25, 2006
When the developer of controversial Runkle Canyon threw up new fences to keep out prying eyes, residents at the west end of Simi Valley upped... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Marty Kaplan, associate dean of USC Annenberg, takes the Times to task at Eat the Press for Sunday's bizarre inside ad for Time Warner Cable.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It must be let's talk about L.A. month at the blog of the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. Last week Sydney Pollack answered questions from... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Legal issues of LAUSD takeover It's not at all clear the mayor will prevail in court, says LAT legal writer Maura Dolan. Garcetti's future... $MTEntryExcerpt$>