Strange Times
New LAT editor Russ Stanton (?!) addresses his newsroom:
I have grown tired and am now hopping mad over this seemingly endless “Groundhog Day” nightmare. And that is why I decided to take this job. We in the newsroom need to figure out how to break this self-defeating cycle before it does indeed result in our defeat. Our strategy of fight-lose-shrink is not working… Read more at the Los Angeles Times
mark says:
Congrats to Russ, I say. I think he’s a good choice.
kate says:
By all accounts Russ is a good guy. It’s just that the job seems to be a good-guy-inator — so I can’t say I envy him. All the best to him though. I want to live in a city with a great newspaper — one that’s not sucked dry by its vampiric mother company — and if a good guy is willing to stand up and give it a try, more power to him.
mark says:
I hear the Grunion Gazette has a benevolent publisher.
kate says:
Hah — I was just lovin’ on the Gazette yesterday, when it once again told me all I need to know: Two pitbulls killed a chihuahua in the beach dog park, so the town’s up in arms to ban rottwielers and pitbulls. (They’ll pry mine from my cold dead hands.)
And with the little office right around the corner and all, I might actually envy Russ that job.
kate says:
You may be wondering what the (?!) means — means I, Kate “Out of the Loop” Cohen, didn’t see that coming, but wow.
mark says:
Yes, I recognized that notation from my old chess books: an unexpected but excellent move!
kate says:
Also in this week’s Grunion:
They may finally change the Long Beach Marathon route that has traditionally trapped Belmont Shore residents during the race.
The story of a guy who’s been setting up a “free conversation booth” on Second Street, because he comes from Idaho, where people actually talk to each other.
What’s not to love?