You are right. For more on the demise of the big city alt-Weekly, see the linked excerpt from a 2009 summary by Marc Cooper, who used to be an editor of the LA

You are right. For more on the demise of the big city alt-Weekly, see the linked excerpt from a 2009 summary by Marc Cooper, who used to be an editor of the LA Weekly. This was also taken over by Mike Lacey, and as Cooper recounts, they tried to cost-cut their way to profitability. [http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/01/marc_cooper_the_la_weekly.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/01/marc_cooper_the_la...]