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What's the future of the LA Times?
The Los Angeles Times' new publisher and CEO Ross Levinsohn, along with new interim executive editor Jim Kirk discuss their plans for a newspaper that has been battered by years of layoffs. How do they see the paper competing against the New York Times and the Washington Post? How will the LA Times cover Los Angeles?
By Madeleine Brand • • 46m ListenThe Los Angeles Times' new publisher and CEO Ross Levinsohn, along with new interim executive editor Jim Kirk discuss their plans for a newspaper that has been battered by years of layoffs. How do they see the paper competing against the New York Times and the Washington Post? How will the LA Times cover Los Angeles?
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The Los Angeles Times' new publisher and CEO Ross Levinsohn, along with new interim executive editor Jim Kirk discuss their plans for a newspaper that has been battered by years of layoffs. How do they see the paper competing against the New York Times and the Washington Post? How will the LA Times cover Los Angeles?
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