The once great Los Angeles Times

Talented, experienced journalists are now leaving the Los Angeles Times, and we alums feel depressed about the toll their departures will take on their lives and on Southern California. Kevin Roderick reported on his LA Observed website (to which I am a contributor)...

Decolonizing the history of Thanksgiving

It’s Thanksgiving once again: that day, every year, when we are all gluttonous to celebrate the fact that ‘Pilgrims and Indians’ had a harmonious meal — at least that is how it has been framed historically. Let’s be honest. On the last Thursday of November, every...

Daily Mail accused of paying €50,000 for video

The Daily Mail has been accused of paying €50,000 (£35,000) to obtain video of one of the terrorist attacks in Paris that had been encrypted by French police to prevent it being made public. Representatives of the Mail are then believed to have destroyed the original...

LA Times printing plant land put up for sale

Tribune Media, the Chicago company that holds the real estate that the Los Angeles Times now leases space in, has put on the market nearly 25 acres close by the DTLA Arts District that includes the last plant where the Times is printed. The Times under Tribune...

Tawdry fall of the Postmedia newspaper empire

Postmedia is a national media giant with nearly 200 papers, magazines and websites. Its dailies reach 6.3 million Canadian readers every week, with some of its best-known papers including the National Post, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Regina...