There is no limit to the power of loving.
I think it's a logical step, and I think it's necessary.
This is in response to fairly weak advertising performance.
When Tribune acquired Times Mirror they acquired papers with much lower operating profits than Tribune papers have traditionally thrown off. The L.A. Times has a larger staff than is typical for that size of paper. They've been trying to address that without appearing to be a slash-and-burn company.
They're sort of like anchors at a shopping mall. They tend to draw people to the newspaper.
I'm sure it's a chapter in the paper's history they're glad to have behind them.
Uncomfortable stuff for editors.
In terms of what it's doing to editorial staff, these are not horrible cuts. All three of these papers have fairly fat staffs compared with most other papers, if you take the rule of thumb of one editorial employee for every 1,000 [in] circulation.
It's an attractive market, which is why there are so many people fighting for market share over there. The Washington Post is never going to get down to the chicken-dinner coverage of these communities, and some of these community newspapers come close to that.
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