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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Who bought the LA Weekly?

    The group Semanal is buying the LA Weekly. There’s not much known about Semanal -- what it is, who’s behind it, and what it plans to do with the Weekly. The Weekly is already a much thinner version of its old self. But it used to be the go-to independent paper for Angelenos.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 19, 2017 • 1 min read

    The group Semanal is buying the LA Weekly. There’s not much known about Semanal -- what it is, who’s behind it, and what it plans to do with the Weekly. The Weekly is already a much thinner version of its old self. But it used to be the go-to independent paper for Angelenos.

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    2 of 5
    What are U.S. troops doing in Niger?
    1. 0:00Can Congress prevent election interference by regulating social media?
    2. 6:46Who bought the LA Weekly?You’re reading this
    3. 13:39What has the U.S. been doing in Niger?
    4. 21:21Ai Weiwei on the global refugee crisis
    5. 31:46Living with mental illness and the history of Lithium
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