‘Breathtaking’ media layoffs continue with job cuts at NowThis and Intercept
Intercept management announces 15 staff reductions, and NowThis Union reveals whopping 50% of staff laid off
January 2024
LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR Zoom webinar’ following union protests
Young journalists of color ‘disproportionately affected’, with many Black, Asian American and Latino staffers laid off, Times guild says
May 2023
‘Duke (and Duchess) of hazard’: how US and UK press covered the Harry and Meghan car chase story
Some US tabloids lapped up story with relish while the broadsheets took a more sober approach
September 2022
Newspapers around the world pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II – in pictures
A look at how global media covered the death of the monarch in their print editions
May 2021
Los Angeles Times names ESPN’s Kevin Merida as new executive editor
The former Washington Post journalist replaces Norman Pearlstine and will be charged with promoting their digital news platform
February 2019
'Centuries of entitlement': Emma Thompson on why she quit Lasseter film
In her resignation letter from the film Luck, the actor questions whether any company should work with disgraced film executive John Lasseter
July 2018
Jonathan Gold, first restaurant critic to win a Pulitzer, dies aged 57
The billionaire who bought the LA Times: 'Hipsters will want paper soon'
June 2018
Tronc to change name back to Tribune Publishing after two years of ridicule
Media company has been considering ditching the name ‘for a few weeks’ but no final decision has been made yet
May 2018
LA Times among US-based news sites blocking EU users due to GDPR
LA Times, Chicago Tribune and others redirect to pages saying sites are currently unavailable in most European countries
February 2018
Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune sold to biotech billionaire
Patrick Soon-Shiong buys California newspapers from Tronc for $500m in cash, allowing paper to repay outstanding debt
January 2017
Greenslade
Why did the Los Angeles Times take so long to run an investigation?
Roy Greenslade
Although the newspaper is a case study in 21st century newsprint decline, there are questions also about its editorial decision-making
October 2016
Media interview
Martin Baron: 'We took Donald Trump seriously from the beginning'
The Washington Post’s executive editor on breaking Trump’s Access Hollywood hot mic moment and the surprising positives of working beside software engineers
August 2016
Greenslade
US newspapers unite in disgust at Donald Trump's attack on Clinton
Roy Greenslade
His veiled ‘assassination threat’ against Hillary provokes negative front page headlines and a call by the New York Daily News to end his campaign
May 2016
Greenslade
Gannett increases its bid to $865m to acquire US newspaper rival
Greenslade
USA Today drops crossword compiler accused of plagiarism
April 2016
LA Times hoaxed into reporting UN declaring end of war on drugs
Press release hoax had claimed UN office on drugs and crime recommended decriminalizing marijuana and other liberal policies before Ungass summit
March 2016
LA Times reporters almost miss Oscars after top brass snaffle awards tickets
The paper’s six tickets to the ceremony on its doorstep in Los Angeles were initially claimed by executives until an email from ‘shocked’ film staff
October 2015
Journalist Matthew Keys guilty of conspiring with Anonymous to hack LA Times
Matthew Keys was fired by a TV station owned by the same company two months before the website was hacked
September 2015
Venezuela star conductor Gustavo Dudamel defends silence on protests
Director of the LA Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela acknowledges joint performances may set stage for demonstrations
