AltWeeklies Wire
Who Will Buy the Los Angeles Times?new
Why do so many rich men want to buy L.A.'s paper of record? And how did it get to this point?
L.A. Weekly |
Hillel Aron |
03-01-2013 |
Media
Chuck Philips vs. L.A. Timesnew
Former Los Angeles Times investigative reporter Chuck Philips, whose career was ruined when the Times published a rare front-page retraction of his March 17, 2008, article about the infamous 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, is demanding that the newspaper apologize and take back its retraction of his story, “An Attack on Tupac Shakur Launched a Hip-Hop War.”
L.A. Weekly |
Simone Wilson and Dennis Romero |
06-27-2011 |
Media
Blogger Jailed Over Bad Beef Noodle Reviewnew
A Taiwanese blogger was recently sentenced to 30 days in detention, two years of probation and ordered to pay NT$200,000 in compensation to a noodle shop she criticized on her blog. What did she say that was so awful?
L.A. Weekly |
Elina Shatkin |
06-23-2011 |
Media
Patch, the WalMart of News?new
AOL takes on longtime local bloggers with its hyperlocal news sites in Los Angeles.
L.A. Weekly |
Tibby Rothman |
09-30-2010 |
Media
Dead Sexy: 'Girls and Corpses,' a Magazinenew
Girls and Corpses began online before also going to print, parodying Maxim, Cosmopolitan and other sexed-up lifestyle magazines. Instead of a pretty girl posing suggestively with a bottle of shampoo, you'll see her nuzzling a remarkably authentic fake corpse. It's transfixing. You don't know what to look at first, or whether to laugh or cry or vomit.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
10-30-2009 |
Media
Shutting Down Public-Access TV in L.A.new
If everything unfolds as planned, Time Warner will walk away from operating 12 public-access studios in L.A, which help everyday people to create hundreds of hours of content on 11 freewheeling, neighborhood-based public channels.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
12-12-2008 |
Media
A Sinner's View of Tim Russert's Passingnew
The howling dis shown to the rest of us by the stage-managed, manufactured and excruciatingly prolonged televised requiem for Russert has been rather too much.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
06-20-2008 |
Media
Sunny and Mild: Getting to Know L.A.'s TV Weather Friendsnew
Few of us realize that a tremendous amount of both science and communication skills goes into forecasting the weather.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
06-13-2008 |
Media
4,000 Illegal Billboards Choke L.A.'s Neighborhoodsnew
The mayor and Los Angeles City Council have let the billboard industry flout the law -- in this case, a flat-out 2002 ban on new billboards -- so openly that activists in other big cities laugh out loud when they hear the latest tales.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
04-25-2008 |
Media
www.laweekly.comnew
AltWeeklies Award - Web Site Design
L.A. Weekly |
L.A. Weekly Staff |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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"Heap Of Trouble," "Sex, Justice and the D.A.'s Office," "The Steve and Bob Show"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
L.A. Weekly |
Jeffrey Anderson |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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"Scourge of Skid Row"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story -- In-Depth
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Joiners in Believingnew
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bernis |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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"Stirring the Other LA," "Can't We All Calm Down," "Shades of Brown"new
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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Deadline Hollywoodnew
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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