''New Times LA'' was an

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newspaper that was published in

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from 1996 to 2002.

History

''New Times LA'' was formed on August 22, 1996, by the purchase and merger of the '' Los Angeles View'' and the '' Los Angeles Reader.'' The staff members of both papers were fired during the formation of the paper."The Weekly Standard." ''

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. December 2005. Volume 50, No. 12. p
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The editor-in-chief for its entire run was Rick Barrs. Writer

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was the paper's controversial political columnist. ''

'' stated that the ''New Times Los Angeles'' "blasted" the ''

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'' "as often as it remembered to—calling its staff dunderheads, beret wearers, throwbacks, and ass kissers. That's the nice stuff." Howard Blume of the ''LA Weekly'' stated that the ''New Times LA'' was "a quirky and inconsistent, yet valuable, journalistic voice". ''Los Angeles Magazine'' stated that the ''New Times Los Angeles'' "never got a foothold". In 2002, New Times Media entered into a non-competition agreement with

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, another national publisher of alternative weeklies, whereby the two companies agreed to stop publishing ''New Times LA'' (a product of New Times Media) and ''

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'' (a product of Village Voice Media), so that the companies would not publish two competing newspapers in any single city. The competing paper in Los Angeles was the ''

''. New Times Media continues to publish other New Times-titled publications, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. This agreement and phasing out of the two newspapers led to an

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investigation by the

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. The investigation resulted in a settlement, requiring the companies to sell off assets and the old newspapers' titles to any potential competitors. The assets included such things as "office furniture, telephone systems", "all rights to the print and electronic archives of ''New Times LA'' publications", "permits and licenses for individual distribution racks and boxes", and "all customer lists, contracts, accounts, and credit records". At the time of closing, 100 employees worked for the newspaper. ''New Times LAs assets were bought by Southland Publishing, Inc., which publish various local newsweeklies. Among the assets included news racks, which allowed Southland to start two new papers: '' Los Angeles CityBeat'' and ''ValleyBeat''.

References

External links

* Blackwell, Savannah (Jan 29, 2003
"New Times Nailed: SF Weekly's Parent Company Charged with Violating Antitrust Law"
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