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LA Weekly reveals its new owners
- mturmon 9y agoRelated: Gustavo Arellano, the former editor of OC Weekly, discussing the structural quandary faced by alt-weeklies: http://reason.com/archives/2017/11/04/the-death-of-the-alt-weekly-as-told-by-a http://reason.com/archives/2017/11/04/the-death-of-the-alt-w...
- moonka 9y ago>He said the weekly will rely on stories written by full-time staffers, freelancers and unpaid contributors who are passionate about their communities. I imagine the quality moving forward will depend on what sort of mixture of these 3 contributor types there are.
- cryptodogemoon 9y agoBuy out publication, fire all the writers, get high school kids or interns to write everything... profit? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQFBGtoUEAA-Zao.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQFBGtoUEAA-Zao.jpg
- CodeWriter23 9y agoMeh. The LA Weekly was over about 20 years ago when they purged all their real journalists.
- cryptodogemoon 9y agoare archives available? LA Weekly still had better instigative journalists than the times.
- CodeWriter23 9y agoI imagine if you go to LAPL Main Branch, they'll have it on some analog medium like microfilm/microfiche.