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  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Why Self-Publish? Artists and Writers Explain at Long Beach Comic Expo

    See our coverage of Long Beach Comic Expo 2011: "Long Beach Comic Expo: Five Things We Love About Small Conventions." Sheika Lugtu is 24 and a student at Long Beach City College. A couple of years ago, she returned to school and decided to document her life in comic form, one panel a day. "At the e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Eli Broad Wants to Buy Los Angeles Times (Again)

    First Magic Johnson and Guggenheim Baseball purchase the Dodgers from the dreaded Frank McCourt. Now local billionaire Eli Broad is once again teasing us with the possibility that he could buy the Los Angeles Times and kick its loathed ownership -- the Tribune Co. and its tard of a chairman, Sam Ze ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 12, 2012

    L.A. Chefs Can't Get Any Respect From New York Publishers. Could Comme Ca's David Myers Break the Curse?

    First Magic Johnson and Guggenheim Baseball purchase the Dodgers from the dreaded Frank McCourt. Now local billionaire Eli Broad is once again teasing us with the possibility that he could buy the Los Angeles Times and kick its loathed ownership -- the Tribune Co. and its tard of a chairman, Sam Ze ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 22, 2012

    Shelf Life 2: A Big Day for Small Press

    First Magic Johnson and Guggenheim Baseball purchase the Dodgers from the dreaded Frank McCourt. Now local billionaire Eli Broad is once again teasing us with the possibility that he could buy the Los Angeles Times and kick its loathed ownership -- the Tribune Co. and its tard of a chairman, Sam Ze ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2012

    The Image Comics Alpha Girl Show

    First Magic Johnson and Guggenheim Baseball purchase the Dodgers from the dreaded Frank McCourt. Now local billionaire Eli Broad is once again teasing us with the possibility that he could buy the Los Angeles Times and kick its loathed ownership -- the Tribune Co. and its tard of a chairman, Sam Ze ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Anthony Bourdain Gets His Own Line of Books at Ecco

    ​ Anthony Bourdain can now add yet another title to the long list of those he has already: chef, crime novelist, non-fiction author, television host, HBO writer, and eater of odd foods. No, not political candidate, but publisher. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, today announced th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    iPad Killer Sought by Tribune Co., Corporate Parent of L.A. Times: Try Not to Laugh

    Newspaper suits want to go head-to-head with this.​The Chicago-based geniuses at the Tribune Co., corporate parent of the Los Angeles Times, have their sights set on an iPad killer. Really. Because nothing says "future-forward high-tech hub" like the land of hot-dogs and coronary disease. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Los Angeles Times For Sale? Speculation Spikes After Parent Company Isolates Paper's Leadership

    Buy it now.​Extra, extra, read all about it. Buy your Los Angeles Times here. No, really. Buy the Times: the whole paper, the offices, printing presses -- everything. That's the longtime fantasy of many an editorial employee at one of the nation's finest news operations. Especially after the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2011

    This Is a Blurb

    Buy it now.​Extra, extra, read all about it. Buy your Los Angeles Times here. No, really. Buy the Times: the whole paper, the offices, printing presses -- everything. That's the longtime fantasy of many an editorial employee at one of the nation's finest news operations. Especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    [Updated] Bon Appétit Names Adam Rapoport New Editor-in-Chief

    Update: Over at The New York Times yesterday, Julia Moskin caught up with newly named Bon Appétit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport, hours after he was officially named to the post on Monday. Rapoport, who is 40 and likes to cook and play golf with Justin Timberlake, spent the night grilling lamb and m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Tribune Deal Never Should Have Happened, Bankruptcy Court Finds

    Tribune headquarters.​The Chicago Tribune reports that A new trove of documents in the Tribune Co. bankruptcy case shows former and current executives used overly optimistic projections and an investment's bank's stamp of approval to allow a group led by Sam Zell to buy the company even though ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Los Angeles Times Parent Company Proposes Golden Parachutes To Top Executives

    ​Chicago-based Tribune Co., which owns the Los Angeles Times and KTLA News, is trying to hand out hefty severance packages to its top executives. While more and more reporters are being cut from its payroll, Tribune Co. filed a new plan Thursday that would give its top 43 executives hefty seve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    "Japanese Cocktails" Book Review Begets A Publishing Industry Soliloquy An Aloe Margarita Recipe

    ​Japanese Cocktails by Kuri Kato is a curious new cocktail book that we sort of love, and like many "sponsored" books, sort of tire of quickly. There are certainly some intriguing recipes like the Aloe Margarita (recipe after the jump) that we can't wait to shake up on one of Santa Monica's dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Food Fight at Condé Nast: The Sketchy Future of Bon Appétit and Gourmet

    Gordon Ramsay does a cooking demo​Readers of food magazines often like to pit Condé Nast's two culinary powerhouses, Gourmet and Bon Appétit, against each other. Like Letterman and Leno, one is based in New York (Gourmet), the other here in Los Angeles (Bon Appétit). Gourmet has historicall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2009

    Gannett Spurns Santa Monica Bid for Arizona's Oldest Paper

    Associated Press reports that the Gannett newspaper chain, which owns the Tucson Citizen, has rejected an offer from Santa Monica Media Co., owner of the Santa Monica and Culver City Observers. The Citizen, Arizona's oldest continuously published daily, had been on the block since January, when Gann ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 12, 2009

    Occulture Club

    Associated Press reports that the Gannett newspaper chain, which owns the Tucson Citizen, has rejected an offer from Santa Monica Media Co., owner of the Santa Monica and Culver City Observers. The Citizen, Arizona's oldest continuously published daily, had been on the block since January, when Gann ... More >>

  • News

    March 5, 2009

    Why You Leavin' (News Corp.), Peter Chernin?

    And what you earnin', Chernin?

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    WSJ: Cubs Win Freedom As Zell Sells

    A late Wall Street Journal report claims that Sam Zell, the CEO of Tribune Company, which owns the Los Angeles Times, plans to sell the Chicago Cubs baseball team to the Ricketts family, whose "bid, led by Chicago financier Tom Ricketts, son of J. Joe Ricketts, the founder of TD Ameritrade Holding C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Zellout! Tribune Co.'s Bankruptcy Stokes Anti-Semitic Bloggers

    Among other things, the Tribune Company's announcement that it is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection has reliably sparked a chorus of anti-Semitic comments in the far-right blogosphere. (Sam Zell photo via Gawker)

  • Music

    August 14, 2008

    The Anime Collective: Baka Deshi Productions

    Where the otaku world and music geekdom collide

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Gathering of the Tribe

    Where the otaku world and music geekdom collide

  • News

    April 5, 2007

    Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid

    The Sopranos-like takeover of Tribune Co. could mean cement shoes for employees

  • News

    March 29, 2007

    Dangerous Liaisons

    More hanky-panky than a whorehouse in LAT opinion section

  • News

    February 1, 2007

    Goodbye Baquet, Hello O'Shea

    The Chicagoan comes out fighting

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Hollywood to Newsosaurs:Drop Dead

    As Daily Demos turn gray, Hollywood ad dollars go away

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    The Untold Story

    How corporate takeovers make the media less curious

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    The Charter End Game

    Councilman Svorinich discovers global capitalism

  • Art+Books

    September 3, 1998

    Fulfillment

    A Publishing Memoir

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