11 Mar 2009
There is a business here,” [Los Angeles Times Editor (for now) Russ] Stanton says. “It’s just not the business we’re currently in.
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Stanton supposes an all-digital paper — er, media organization — could support 150 journalists, or just under one-quarter of the current editorial phalanx of 625, which has already been significantly reduced. (The Times is a bankrupt Tribune Co. joint, after all.)
Surely there was/is some fat to be trimmed here and there are some more offbeat (pun!) stories we can do without. But are we ok with getting only 25% of what we’re currently getting? Which quarter do we want?
Assuming management goes by what’s most popular (I’m generalizing), we’re probably talking local & state news, city hall & government, sports, obits, opinion and … well that’s probably about it.
So again, I ask: is that enough — for you? for “the public?”
