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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Los Angeles Times stories: 33 news summaries

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LA Times Apologizes
for Diddy-Tupac Story

Paper admits it was based on fake FBI documents from con man

Mar 27, 08 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times today admitted the paper was duped in its story alleging that Sean "Diddy" Combs was connected to the 1994 murder of fellow rapper Tupac Shakur. The reporter and editor responsible for the story apologized and said parts of it were based on FBI records that... More »

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fraud • Diddy • Los Angeles Times • apology • rap music • Tupac Shakur • East Coast-West Coast rap feud • hoaxes

Cash-Strapped Papers Take Scribes Off Trail

Some mourn loss of perspective; others find blogs are OK substitute

Mar 26, 08 8:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The decline in the number of writers attached to presidential campaigns is “striking,” the New York Times reports—with only five newspapers trying to follow the candidates full-time. With per-person travel costs at $30,000, or more, a month, cash-strapped outlets are choosing not to foot the bill.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • newspaper • New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • blogging • USA Today • Los Angeles Times • election • Dallas Morning News • Chicago Tribune • Timothy Crouse • The Boys on the Bus

Story Linking Diddy to Tupac Shooting a Hoax

'FBI reports' lead back to longtime con man, says Smoking Gun 

Mar 26, 08 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times was duped into reporting that associates of Sean “Diddy” Combs were involved in the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, the Smoking Gun reports. The paper based last week's story on FBI reports fabricated by a long-time con man who has long sought to insinuate... More »

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fraud • Diddy • Los Angeles Times • hip-hop • hoax • Tupac Shakur • James Sabatino • Suge Knight • East Coast-West Coast rap feud

OPINION

LA Times Picks: Obama, McCain

Calls Obama 'an inspiring candidate,' McCain 'genuine'

Feb 1, 08 6:12 PM CST
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times today endorsed Barack Obama and, with some qualifications, John McCain, in party nominations. While either Democratic hopeful “would make a strong nominee,” it wasn’t hard to pick the one “most focused on steering the nation toward constructive change,” it writes. “... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • editorial • Los Angeles Times • newspaper endorsement • endorsement

LA Times Shakeup: He Said, He Said

Editor who may have quit, publisher who may have fired him disagree

Jan 22, 08 2:23 PM CST
(Newser) - In announcing that James O'Shea was leaving the LA Times, publisher David Hiller said the paper's top editor was "unable to make the hard choices" involved in budget-cutting. But the rift may run deeper: O'Shea tells the Wall Street Journal his ideological differences over how to save a sinking... More »

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Tribune Company • journalism • Los Angeles Times • James O'Shea • David Hiller • newsroom cuts

LA Times Loses 3rd Editor to Budget Disputes

It's déjà vu for bigwigs: O'Shea is forced out after refusing cutbacks

Jan 21, 08 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The top editor of the Los Angeles Times has been fired after a confrontation with publisher David Hiller over $4 million in planned newsroom cutbacks, reports AP. James O'Shea's departure after just 14 months marks the third time in less than three years that the paper's top editor has left... More »

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Sam Zell • Tribune Company • journalism • Los Angeles Times • James O'Shea • David Hiller • newsroom cuts • budget dispute

Where Are the A-Listers in Writers Strike?

Staying out of it—despite SAG's solidarity message

Jan 2, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Although the writers strike has drawn many B-list and small-screen actors to the picket lines, A-listers have nearly all avoided publicly taking sides, notes the Los Angeles Times. The big stars may be in the awkward position of working on movies, despite their union's pledge of solidarity with the Writers... More »

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California • Los Angeles Times • David Letterman • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Screen Actors Guild • Craig Ferguson • movies

Zell Seals $8.2B Tribune Deal

Vows sweeping change at now-private media company

Dec 20, 07 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Billionaire Sam Zell today sealed his bid to buy Tribune Co., proving wrong all Wall Street naysayers since his original $8.2 billion offer last April. Zell steps in as CEO and chairman, and promises sweeping reforms to the way the now-private media conglomerate will be run, the Chicago Tribune ... More »

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Chicago Cubs • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • Los Angeles Times • Newsday

Why Sam Zell
Is Still High
on Tribune

Ducati-riding magnate tells the New Yorker
his deal's golden

Nov 10, 07 6:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Billionaire real estate magnate Sam Zell, legendary for turning around distressed properties, is likely to have his riskiest play—the struggling media giant Tribune—in his hands by year’s end. The financials have only gotten worse since he made the deal, but the "extravagantly confident" Zell isn't showing... More »

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oil • real estate • Sam Zell • Chicago • Tribune Company • journalism • Los Angeles Times • print journalism

Smoking Has Its Price, and It's $1,200 a Year

Writer blasts newspaper's owner
for ‘tobacco use fee’

Oct 10, 07 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A South Florida Sun-Sentinel writer is crying foul over his newspaper's parent company charging a “tobacco use fee”—a health plan add-on that punishes employees for smoking. Michael Mayo says he “was completely shocked” to learn his employer would extract $100 a month from any employee who... More »

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health insurance • Tribune Company • Los Angeles Times • tobacco use fee • social engineering • South Florida Sun Sentinel

Shareholders
OK Tribune Takeover

But analysts say
Zell's bid should
be lowered

Aug 21, 07 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Tribune Co.’s shareholders approved Sam Zell's $8.2 billion takeover today, nudging the publisher one step closer to private ownership. But some analysts remain skeptical that the deal will go through as planned—the company’s declining profitability since the April announcement has triggered speculation that the... More »

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Chicago Cubs • Sam Zell • FCC • Chicago • Tribune Company • shareholders • privatization • acquisition • takeover • Los Angeles Times • JPMorgan Chase

Trib Deal Could Come Undone

Wall Street unsure of Zell takeover will go through

Aug 20, 07 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Tribune Company’s shareholders are meeting tomorrow to approve Sam Zell’s $8.2 billion takeover, but whispers persist on Wall Street that the deal will crumble. A disappointing stock price, concerns about the fading newspaper business, and a sagging credit market have convinced some analysts that Zell’s... More »

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Wall Street • Chicago Cubs • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • acquisition • takeover • buyout • Los Angeles Times • Newsday • New York Times Company • McClatchy

Geffen, Zell
Talk Deal
For LA Times

Geffen wants it; Zell has $13 billion in debt to pay down

Apr 5, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Geffen wants to get his hands on the LA Times, and he's optimistic that he may yet succeed after talking to Sam Zell, the feisty real estate mogul who bought the Tribune Company Monday. The two discussed both a spin-off and a joint venture partnership, sources close to the... More »

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media • David Geffen • newspaper • Sam Zell • Chicago • Tribune Company • Eli Broad • Ron Burkle • news • Los Angeles • Los Angeles Times

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