In Mid-October, a new company purchased LA Weekly.
The Los Angeles Times reported:
alternative weekly newspaper as it sheds print assets and focuses on its
digital business, a representative for Voice Media confirmed Wednesday.
this transaction, said Sara April at Dirks, Van Essen & Murray, a merger
and acquisition firm that is representing Voice Media in the sale. April would
not say who owns Semanal or where the company is based.
All editors fired at LA Weekly. One staff writer retained. https://t.co/zD1cdePNjh— Kevin Roderick (@LAObserved) November 29, 2017
Heads are rolling for alternative media.
A reminder for anyone who has been paying attention …
LA Weekly was a very liberal newspaper. They went after Republicans and conservatives with abandon. They loved to print the sob stories about illegal aliens and make everyone pity the foreign nationals who broke in the United States.
Gene Maddaus had his own deleterious reputation according to other reporters, and this rag played large part in bringing down the LA County Assistant Sheriff Paul Tanaka, for what it's worth.
This obituary of sorts before the final sale and culling of editors tells the story of the liberal media in Los Angeles County:
free for readers to pick up. It was once thick with news and culture articles,
criticism, columns and calendar listings — and ads — but the publication and
its newsroom have shrunk in recent years as news publications struggle to make
money in the internet age. About a dozen editorial staffers remain on the
payroll.
NOT ANY MORE!
Here's a tweet from one of the editors:
We were expecting there to be some pain with the sale of @LAWeekly. But we weren't expecting the Red Wedding. That's how deep the cuts are. 1/— Mara Shalhoup (@mshalhoup) November 29, 2017
Indeed. I don't watch Game of Thrones, but here's the scene (viewer discretion advised):
Look at the Trump Derangement Syndrome from LA Weekly's (former) music editor:
There is no better music editor than @AndyHermannLA. He also was the only L.A. Weekly staffer thinking clearly enough on election night to articulate what we all felt. https://t.co/4u5Q58Mh4t 5/— Mara Shalhoup (@mshalhoup) November 29, 2017
The music editor wrote anti-Trump resistance pablum for LA Weekly? Really?
They deserve to go bust. This is truly a wonderful week of winning for conservatives. I am so glad for President Trump and I am so happy that his very presence is wreaking havoc on the corrupt, liberal, and now lifeless mainstream and alternative media.