former Business Executive, Los Angeles Newspaper Group
Instructor in media ethics and organizational communication at Cal Poly Pomona and other universities; 20year veteran editor and business executive with the Los Angeles Newspaper Group
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Steve O'Sullivan
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FROM Steve O'Sullivan
Which Way, L.A.?
The Future of Newspapers in California More and more Californians are getting their news on the Internet, which means they're getting for free what it costs newspapers a lot of money to gather and publish. In the last six months, the Los Angeles Times lost 11% of its daily circulation, the Daily News was down 26%, the Orange County Register was off 10% and the Riverside Press-Enterprise 24%. The San Francisco Chronicle was down more than 25%, but claims revenue is going up.
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